Showing posts with label Armed Career Criminal Act. Show all posts
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Thursday, November 01, 2007

Armed Career Criminal Act vacated

US v. Hollis, No. 06-50784
A sentence under the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA) and associated provisions of the U.S.S.G. for being a felon and a fugitive in possession of a firearm is vacated as there was insufficient evidence in the record to show that defendant was represented by counsel or validly waived his right to counsel in proceedings leading to a prior conviction on which the sentence under the ACCA was predicated. Also, the conviction on the felon in possession count is vacated as multiplicitous