Second Circuit Rules Robbery Conviction Not Predicate Offense

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A defendant's juvenile conviction for robbery does not count as a predicate offense towards finding him a "violent felon" under the Armed Career Criminal Act if his guilty plea didn't establish he used a firearm, the Second Circuit ruled recently.

After officers searched the defendant's home and found several weapons and ammunition, the defendant was charged with being a felon in possession. In addition to two violent felonies committed as an adult, the government argued that a guilty plea he entered as a juvenile qualified as a violent felony under the Armed Career Criminal Act and he should receive the mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years.

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Second Circuit Rules Robbery Conviction Not Predicate Offense

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