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U.S. v. AL-MUWWAKKIL

No. 18-6201.

983 F.3d 748 (2020)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Akeem Labeeb AL-MUWWAKKIL, a/k/a Willie Moore, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: December 23, 2020.

Amended: December 28, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Yotam Barkai , BOIES SCHILLER FLEXNER LLP, New York, New York, for Appellant. Aidan Taft Grano , OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Alexandria, Virginia, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Steven I. Froot , Peter M. Skinner , BOIES SCHILLER FLEXNER LLP, New York, New York, for Appellant. G. Zachary Terwilliger , United States Attorney, Alexandria, Virginia, Lisa R. McKeel , Assistant United States Attorney, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Newport News, Virginia, for Appellee.

Reversed and remanded by published opinion. Judge Agee wrote the opinion, in which Judge Motz and Judge Keenan joined.

In 2001, Akeem Labeeb Al-Muwwakkil was convicted of one count of possessing a firearm as a felon, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). He was sentenced under the heightened penalties of the Armed Career Criminal Act ("ACCA") based on then-uncontested proof that he had at least three violent felony convictions. But in...

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