UNITED STATES v. ROOSEVELT COATS

No. 18-13113.

8 F.4th 1228 (2021)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ROOSEVELT COATS, III, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

August 12, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cyneetha Shanelle Booker , Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, Michelle Lee Schieber , U.S. Attorney Service-Middle District of Georgia, U.S. Attorney's Office, Macon, GA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Jonathan Dodson , Christina Lee Hunt , Christina Lee Hunt , Federal Public Defender's Office, Macon, GA, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before MARTIN, NEWSOM, and JULIE CARNES, Circuit Judges.


Defendant Roosevelt Coats pled guilty to and was convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g). The district court sentenced Defendant to serve 235 months in prison pursuant to the Armed Career Criminal Act ("ACCA"), which applies when a defendant who is convicted of violating...

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