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U.S. v. EDWARDS

No. 15-1874.

857 F.3d 420 (2017)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. James EDWARDS, a/k/a Black, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

May 19, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elizabeth Prevett , Federal Public Defender Office, for appellant.

Mark T. Quinlivan , Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Carmen M. Ortiz , United States Attorney, was on brief, for appellee.

Before Torruella, Thompson, and Kayatta, Circuit Judges.

Preface

A person with three convictions for violent felonies or serious drug offenses who commits a federal firearms crime is an armed career criminal and must be sentenced to at least 15 years in prison — so says the Armed Career Criminal Act ("ACCA," for short). See 18 U.S.C. §...

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