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  • July 30, 2019
    decided Decision issued in United States v. James Hennessee

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Opinion By Julia Smith Gibbons July 30, 2019

RECOMMENDED FOR FULL-TEXT PUBLICATION Pursuant to Sixth Circuit I.O.P. 32.1(b) File Name: 19a0172p.06 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ┐ Plaintiff-Appellant, │ │…

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Lead opinion Author not recorded July 30, 2019

JULIA SMITH GIBBONS, Circuit Judge. *439James Hennessee pled guilty to one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). The government sought an enhanced penalty under § 924(e)(1) bas…

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Dissent Author not recorded July 30, 2019

COLE, Chief Judge, dissenting. DISSENT In United States v. King , 853 F.3d 267 (6th Cir. 2017), we placed evidentiary limitations on the ACCA's different-occasions analysis. Consistent with Supreme Court precedent, King limited the sources that courts can consider…

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