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U.S. v. TAYLOR

No. 16-11384.

873 F.3d 476 (2017)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Lawrence James TAYLOR, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Filed October 12, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy W. Funnell , Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Texas, Fort Worth, TX, James Wesley Hendrix , Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Texas, Dallas, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

James Matthew Wright , Assistant Federal Public Defender, Federal Public Defender's Office, Northern District of Texas, Amarillo, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before CLEMENT, PRADO, and HAYNES, Circuit Judges.

We are tasked with deciding whether Lawrence James Taylor's claim that his sentence enhancement is no longer valid under the Armed Career Criminal Act ("ACCA") is constitutionally or statutorily based in light of the district court's conclusion that the now constitutionally defunct residual clause "played no role...

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