Add to ORKGThis report discusses the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA), 18 U.S.C. 924(e). The law requires a minimum 15-year term of imprisonment for recidivists convicted of unlawful possession of a firearm under 18 U.S.C. 922(g), who have three prior state or federal convictions for violent felonies or serious drug offenses
The Act provides that a felon, who previously has been convicted of one of eight serious felonies an...
Passed as part of the Armed Career Criminal Act, 18 U.S.C. § 924(e) subjects felons in possession of...
For over twenty-five years, the Armed Career Criminal Act has produced inconsistent results and has ...
This report briefly explores the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA), 18 U.S.C. 924(e), which requires ...
The Armed Career Criminal Act of 1984 (ACCA) enables the federal government to help state authoritie...
Confusion reigns in federal courts over whether crimes qualify as “violent felonies” for purposes of...
The Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA) provides a fifteen-year mandatory minimum sentence in federal p...
On March 24, 2010, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, in United States v. Sneed, he...
(Excerpt) This Note argues that conspiracies to commit violent felonies are not violent felonies und...
For thirty years, the Armed Career Criminal Act (“ACCA”) has imposed a fifteen-year mandatory minimu...
This Comment explores the U.S. Supreme Court’s attempt to create a judicial standard for defining th...
Occasionally, criminals correctly interpret the law while courts err. Litigation pursuant to the fed...
Firearms are common tools of the violent-crime and drugtrafficking trades. Their prevalence is refle...
Requires individuals to pass a background check and obtain Department of Justice authorization to pu...
The Act increases the minimum penalty for furnishing a pistol or a revolver to a minor from two to t...
The Act provides that a felon, who previously has been convicted of one of eight serious felonies an...
Passed as part of the Armed Career Criminal Act, 18 U.S.C. § 924(e) subjects felons in possession of...
For over twenty-five years, the Armed Career Criminal Act has produced inconsistent results and has ...
This report briefly explores the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA), 18 U.S.C. 924(e), which requires ...
The Armed Career Criminal Act of 1984 (ACCA) enables the federal government to help state authoritie...
Confusion reigns in federal courts over whether crimes qualify as “violent felonies” for purposes of...
The Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA) provides a fifteen-year mandatory minimum sentence in federal p...
On March 24, 2010, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, in United States v. Sneed, he...
(Excerpt) This Note argues that conspiracies to commit violent felonies are not violent felonies und...
For thirty years, the Armed Career Criminal Act (“ACCA”) has imposed a fifteen-year mandatory minimu...
This Comment explores the U.S. Supreme Court’s attempt to create a judicial standard for defining th...
Occasionally, criminals correctly interpret the law while courts err. Litigation pursuant to the fed...
Firearms are common tools of the violent-crime and drugtrafficking trades. Their prevalence is refle...
Requires individuals to pass a background check and obtain Department of Justice authorization to pu...
The Act increases the minimum penalty for furnishing a pistol or a revolver to a minor from two to t...
The Act provides that a felon, who previously has been convicted of one of eight serious felonies an...
Passed as part of the Armed Career Criminal Act, 18 U.S.C. § 924(e) subjects felons in possession of...
For over twenty-five years, the Armed Career Criminal Act has produced inconsistent results and has ...