MATHESON, Circuit Judge.
I. BACKGROUND
The Armed Career Criminal Act ("ACCA") requires a minimum mandatory 15-year sentence for a defendant who has (1) been convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) and (2) previously been convicted at least three times in state or federal court of a "violent felony" or "serious drug offense." 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(1).
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