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  • Nov. 20, 2018
    decided Decision issued in United States v. Dewayne Rockymore

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Opinion By Amul Roger Thapar Nov. 20, 2018

THAPAR, Circuit Judge. Dewayne Rockymore pled guilty to possessing a firearm as a felon. The district court declined to enhance his sentence under the Armed Career Criminal Act. Because the district court correctly concluded that Rockymore's prior convictions did not count as "serious drug offenses," we affirm. I. When a Tennessee sheriff's dep…

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