UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee,
v.
Le'Ardrus BURRIS, Defendant-Appellant.
United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued: October 6, 2017.
Decided and Filed: January 3, 2019.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
ARGUED EN BANC: Craig M. Sandberg , MUSLIN & SANDBERG, Chicago, Illinois, for Appellant. Rebecca C. Lutzko , UNITED STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, Cleveland, Ohio, for Appellee. ON SUPPLEMENTAL BRIEF: Craig M. Sandberg , MUSLIN & SANDBERG, Chicago, Illinois, for Appellant. Rebecca C. Lutzko , UNITED STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, Cleveland, Ohio, for Appellee.
BATCHELDER, J., announced the judgment of the court and delivered the majority opinion with regard to Anderson and the principal opinion with regard to all other issues, in which SUTTON, GRIFFIN, THAPAR, BUSH, and NALBANDIAN, JJ., joined. THAPAR, J. (pp. 407-10), delivered a separate concurring opinion, in which BATCHELDER, GRIFFIN, BUSH, and NALBANDIAN, JJ., joined. ROGERS, J. (pg. 410), delivered a separate opinion concurring in part and in the judgment, in which GIBBONS, COOK, and LARSEN, JJ., joined. KETHLEDGE, J. (pg. 410-11), delivered a separate opinion concurring only in the judgment. COLE, C.J. (pp. 411-20), delivered a separate opinion concurring in the majority's holding in regards to Anderson and dissenting from the principal opinion, in which MERRITT, MOORE, CLAY, WHITE, STRANCH, and DONALD, JJ., joined.
OPINION
ALICE M. BATCHELDER, Circuit Judge.
Federal law imposes longer prison sentences on certain violent career criminals. As relevant here, both the Armed Career Criminal Act ("ACCA") and the United States Sentencing Guidelines ("Guidelines") impose longer prison sentences on certain defendants who have a criminal record containing...
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