Add to ORKGThis Comment explores the U.S. Supreme Court’s attempt to create a judicial standard for defining the term “violent felony” that embodies the purpose of the ACCA and its ultimate failure to do so. Part II presents a brief background on the ACCA. Part III discusses United States v. James, Begay v. United States, and United States v. Chambers—three recent Supreme Court decisions that suggest the Court’s analyses are flawed. Part IV examines opportunities for the Court and Congress to remedy the situation, including a critique of each proposal
Occasionally, criminals correctly interpret the law while courts err. Litigation pursuant to the fed...
In January 2015, the Supreme Court directed the parties to brief and argue an additional question in...
The Armed Career Criminal Act ( ACCA ), enacted in 1984, mandates a minimum fifteen-year sentence fo...
This Comment explores the U.S. Supreme Court’s attempt to create a judicial standard for defining th...
Confusion reigns in federal courts over whether crimes qualify as “violent felonies” for purposes of...
For thirty years, the Armed Career Criminal Act (“ACCA”) has imposed a fifteen-year mandatory minimu...
On October 11, 2011, in United States v. Vann, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, sit...
On March 24, 2010, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, in United States v. Sneed, he...
For over twenty-five years, the Armed Career Criminal Act has produced inconsistent results and has ...
The Armed Career Criminal Act ( ACCA ) supplements states’ law enforcement efforts against chronic v...
The Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA), a federal “three-strikes” recidivist statute, applies a mandat...
This commentary previews an upcoming Supreme Court case, Johnson v. United States in which the Court...
On March 30, 2017, in United States v. King, the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circui...
The Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA) provides a fifteen-year mandatory minimum sentence in federal p...
Passed as part of the Armed Career Criminal Act, 18 U.S.C. § 924(e) subjects felons in possession of...
Occasionally, criminals correctly interpret the law while courts err. Litigation pursuant to the fed...
In January 2015, the Supreme Court directed the parties to brief and argue an additional question in...
The Armed Career Criminal Act ( ACCA ), enacted in 1984, mandates a minimum fifteen-year sentence fo...
This Comment explores the U.S. Supreme Court’s attempt to create a judicial standard for defining th...
Confusion reigns in federal courts over whether crimes qualify as “violent felonies” for purposes of...
For thirty years, the Armed Career Criminal Act (“ACCA”) has imposed a fifteen-year mandatory minimu...
On October 11, 2011, in United States v. Vann, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, sit...
On March 24, 2010, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, in United States v. Sneed, he...
For over twenty-five years, the Armed Career Criminal Act has produced inconsistent results and has ...
The Armed Career Criminal Act ( ACCA ) supplements states’ law enforcement efforts against chronic v...
The Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA), a federal “three-strikes” recidivist statute, applies a mandat...
This commentary previews an upcoming Supreme Court case, Johnson v. United States in which the Court...
On March 30, 2017, in United States v. King, the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circui...
The Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA) provides a fifteen-year mandatory minimum sentence in federal p...
Passed as part of the Armed Career Criminal Act, 18 U.S.C. § 924(e) subjects felons in possession of...
Occasionally, criminals correctly interpret the law while courts err. Litigation pursuant to the fed...
In January 2015, the Supreme Court directed the parties to brief and argue an additional question in...
The Armed Career Criminal Act ( ACCA ), enacted in 1984, mandates a minimum fifteen-year sentence fo...