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Type
Opinion
Author
Helene N. White
Filed
June 27, 2019
Case
United States v. Renerto Mayes
Case status
Decided

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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…

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