UNITED STATES v. COPELAND

No. 17-5125.

921 F.3d 1233 (2019)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Aaron Eugene COPELAND, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

April 23, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry L. Derryberry , Assistant Federal Public Defender ( Julia L. O'Connell , Federal Public Defender, Office of the Federal Public Defender, with him on the briefs), Tulsa, Oklahoma, for Defendant-Appellant.

Leena Alam , Assistant United States Attorney ( R. Trent Shores , United States Attorney, Northern District of Oklahoma, with her on the brief), Tulsa, Oklahoma for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before MATHESON, PHILLIPS, and EID, Circuit Judges.


In 2008, Aaron Eugene Copeland pled guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm. The district court imposed an enhanced sentence of 15 years in prison under the Armed Career Criminal Act ("ACCA"), 18 U.S.C. § 924(e), based on his two prior drug offenses and one prior burglary. Mr. Copeland did not appeal. After...

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