U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
United States v. Lawrence Johnson
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- Type
- Opinion
- Author
- Joan Louise Larsen
- Filed
- Aug. 5, 2019
- Case
- United States v. Lawrence Johnson
- Case status
- Decided
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LARSEN, Circuit Judge. After Lawrence Johnson pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm, the district court sentenced him as an armed career criminal under the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA). Johnson appealed that determination with success; this court agreed that Johnson did not have at least three prior convictions for crimes of violence under ACCA. When the distric…
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