UNITED STATES v. ERLINGER

No. 22-1926.

77 F.4th 617 (2023)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Paul ERLINGER, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 10, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jayson Wyatt Mcgrath, I , Brian L. Reitz , Attorneys, Office of the United States Attorney, Indianapolis, IN, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Jessie A. Cook , Attorney, Law Office of Jessie A. Cook, Indianapolis, IN, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before Hamilton, Jackson-Akiwumi, and Lee, Circuit Judges.


Paul Erlinger received a prison term of 15 years for illegally possessing a firearm. The district court imposed this mandatory minimum sentence under the Armed Career Criminal Act ("ACCA"), 18 U.S.C. § 924(e), because Erlinger had three prior convictions for violent felonies—all three of them Indiana burglaries...

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