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Type
Opinion
Author
Amul Roger Thapar
Filed
Nov. 20, 2018
Case
United States v. Dewayne Rockymore
Case status
Decided

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THAPAR, Circuit Judge. Dewayne Rockymore pled guilty to possessing a firearm as a felon. The district court declined to enhance his sentence under the Armed Career Criminal Act. Because the district court correctly concluded that Rockymore's prior convictions did not count as "serious drug offenses," we affirm. I. When a Tennessee sheriff's dep…

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