U.S. v. SELLERS

No. 14-4568.

806 F.3d 770 (2015)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James Morris SELLERS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: November 18, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: William Fletcher Nettles, IV , Office of the Federal Public Defender, Florence, South Carolina, for Appellant. Jimmie Ewing , Office of the United States Attorney, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Kimberly H. Albo , Research and Writing Specialist, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellant. William N. Nettles , United States Attorney, Columbia, South Carolina, Alfred W. Bethea, Jr. , Assistant United States Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Florence, South Carolina, for Appellee.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge SHEDD wrote the opinion, in which Judge NIEMEYER and Judge KEENAN joined.


A federal jury convicted James Morris Sellers of unlawfully possessing a firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). At sentencing, the district court determined that Sellers qualified as an armed career criminal under the Armed Career Criminal Act ("ACCA"), 18 U.S.C. § 924(e), because his three prior South Carolina...

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