U.S. v. BARNES

No. 18-60497.

953 F.3d 383 (2020)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Michael James BARNES, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED March 23, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory Layne Kennedy, Esq. , Carla J. Clark , Assistant U.S. Attorneys, U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Mississippi, Jackson, MS, Eugene Carlos Tanner, III, Esq. , Tanner & Associates, L.L.C., Jackson, MS, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Michael L. Scott, Esq. , Thomas Creagher Turner, Jr., Esq. , Federal Public Defender's Office, Southern District of Mississippi, Jackson, MS, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before JOLLY, SMITH, and STEWART, Circuit Judges.


Per a plea agreement, Michael Barnes pleaded guilty, waived his right to challenge his conviction and sentence (both directly and collaterally), and was sentenced under the Armed Career Criminal Act ("ACCA"). Then in Johnson v. United States, ___ U.S. ___, 135 S.Ct. 2551, 192...

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