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UNITED STATES v. JACKSON

No. 20-11169.

30 F.4th 269 (2022)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Devoris Lamont JACKSON, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Filed March 30, 2022.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian W. McKay, Esq. , Leigha Amy Simonton , Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Texas, Dallas, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Cheri Thomas , Lewis Thomas Law, P.C., Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before Smith, Costa, and Wilson, Circuit Judges.

When Devoris Jackson unlawfully possessed a firearm, our precedent did not treat his burglary convictions as violent felonies that could enhance his sentence under the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA). But by the time he was sentenced for the gun crime, the Supreme Court had...

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