U.S. v. KER YANG

No. 14-3688.

799 F.3d 750 (2015)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. KER YANG, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 21, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Munish Sharda , Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Madison, WI, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Peter R. Moyers , Attorney, Federal Defender Services of Wisconsin, Inc., Madison, WI, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before POSNER, MANION, and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges.


Ker Yang pled guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). The district court then found that Yang had three felony convictions that could be classified as violent under the Armed Career Criminal Act, often called ACCA. The court imposed the resulting mandatory minimum sentence...

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