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U.S. v. DANTZLER

No. 13-2930-cr.

771 F.3d 137 (2014)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Zephaniah DANTZLER, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: November 14, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David A. Lewis , Federal Defenders of New York, Inc., New York, N.Y., for Appellant Zephaniah Dantzler.

Jo Ann M. Navickas ( Kevin M. Trowel , on the brief), Assistant United States Attorneys, for Loretta E. Lynch, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Brooklyn, N.Y., for Appellee United States of America.

Before CABRANES, CARNEY, and DRONEY, Circuit Judges.

JOSÉ A. CABRANES, Circuit Judge:

The Armed Career Criminal Act ("ACCA"), 18 U.S.C. § 924(e), imposes a 15-year mandatory minimum sentence on violators who have three previous convictions for a violent felony or a serious drug offense "committed on occasions different from one another." The question presented is whether, in determining whether crimes were committed "on occasions different from one another," a court at sentencing is limited to examining only...

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