U.S. v. WILSON

No. 19-3394.

978 F.3d 990 (2020)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Mercedes WILSON, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: October 23, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Megan R. Miller , UNITED STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, Cleveland, Ohio, for Appellant. Lori B. Riga , FEDERAL PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE, Cleveland, Ohio, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Megan R. Miller , UNITED STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, Cleveland, Ohio, for Appellant. Lori B. Riga , FEDERAL PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE, Cleveland, Ohio, for Appellee.

Before: ROGERS, KETHLEDGE, and LARSEN, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

Mercedes Wilson pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). At sentencing, the government argued that, under the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA), Wilson should be subject to a fifteen-year mandatory minimum sentence because of three prior state aggravated...

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