U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
United States v. Le' Ardrus Burris
Panel
The judges who heard this appeal.
- Senior Judge Alice Moore Batchelder
- Judge Amul Roger Thapar
Case history
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Jan. 3, 2019decided Decision issued in United States v. Le' Ardrus Burris
Opinions and writings
RECOMMENDED FOR FULL-TEXT PUBLICATION Pursuant to Sixth Circuit I.O.P. 32.1(b) File Name: 19a0002p.06 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ┐ Plaintiff-Appellee, │ │…
ALICE M. BATCHELDER, Circuit Judge. *390Federal law imposes longer prison sentences on certain violent career criminals. As relevant here, both the Armed Career Criminal Act ("ACCA") and the United States Sentencing Guidelines ("Guidelines") impose longer prison sentences on certain defendants who have a criminal record containing multiple prev…
THAPAR, Circuit Judge, concurring. After leading police on a high-speed chase, Le'Ardrus Burris rammed his vehicle into a police officer, "throwing him backwards for 15 feet." R. 496, Pg. ID 3684. As a result of this action, an Ohio jury convicted Burris of felonious assault. A casual reader of today's decision might struggle to understand why we are even debating if ramming a vehicle into a police officer is a crime…