U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
United States v. Renerto Mayes
Panel
The judges who heard this appeal.
- Senior Judge Helene N. White
- Judge John Kenneth Bush
- Judge Joan Louise Larsen
Case history
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June 27, 2019decided Decision issued in United States v. Renerto Mayes
Opinions and writings
HELENE N. WHITE, Circuit Judge. After a jury convicted defendant-appellant Renerto Mayes of being a felon in possession of a firearm, the district court sentenced him to 180 months' imprisonment under the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA) based on five previous convictions for serious drug offenses under Kentucky law. Mayes appeals, arguing that because the Kentucky legislature reduced t…