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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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