UNITED STATES v. SHARP

No. 20-12574.

21 F.4th 1282 (2021)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Ortaz SHARP, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

Filed: December 28, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jane Elizabeth McBath , Rachel Lyons , Gabriel Adam Mendel , U.S. Attorney Service — Northern District of Georgia, U.S. Attorney's Office, Atlanta, GA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Stephen Patrick Johnson , W. Matthew Dodge , Stephanie A. Kearns , Federal Defender Program, Inc., Atlanta, GA, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before Wilson, Lagoa, Circuit Judges, and Martinez, District Judge.


The government appeals Ortaz Sharp's 110-month sentence for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. It argues that the district court erred in determining that Sharp did not qualify for an Armed Career Criminal Act ("ACCA") enhancement pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(1...

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