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
This report briefly explores the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA), 18 U.S.C. 924(e), which requires ...
On October 11, 2011, in United States v. Vann, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, sit...
(Excerpt) This Note argues that conspiracies to commit violent felonies are not violent felonies und...
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...
On March 24, 2010, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, in United States v. Sneed, he...
The Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA) provides a fifteen-year mandatory minimum sentence in federal p...
The Armed Career Criminal Act of 1984 (ACCA) enables the federal government to help state authoritie...
Passed as part of the Armed Career Criminal Act, 18 U.S.C. § 924(e) subjects felons in possession of...
For thirty years, the Armed Career Criminal Act (“ACCA”) has imposed a fifteen-year mandatory minimu...
Occasionally, criminals correctly interpret the law while courts err. Litigation pursuant to the fed...
Near the end of the Supreme Court\u27s 2012-2013 term, the Court decided Descamps v. United States, ...
Johnson v. United States held that the “residual clause” of the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA) is ...
On June 26, 2015, the Supreme Court handed down a decision many years in the making—Johnson v. Unite...
Two years ago, in Johnson v. United States, the Supreme Court held that the so-called “residual clau...
This report briefly explores the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA), 18 U.S.C. 924(e), which requires ...
On October 11, 2011, in United States v. Vann, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, sit...
(Excerpt) This Note argues that conspiracies to commit violent felonies are not violent felonies und...
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...
On March 24, 2010, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, in United States v. Sneed, he...
The Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA) provides a fifteen-year mandatory minimum sentence in federal p...
The Armed Career Criminal Act of 1984 (ACCA) enables the federal government to help state authoritie...
Passed as part of the Armed Career Criminal Act, 18 U.S.C. § 924(e) subjects felons in possession of...
For thirty years, the Armed Career Criminal Act (“ACCA”) has imposed a fifteen-year mandatory minimu...
Occasionally, criminals correctly interpret the law while courts err. Litigation pursuant to the fed...
Near the end of the Supreme Court\u27s 2012-2013 term, the Court decided Descamps v. United States, ...
Johnson v. United States held that the “residual clause” of the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA) is ...
On June 26, 2015, the Supreme Court handed down a decision many years in the making—Johnson v. Unite...
Two years ago, in Johnson v. United States, the Supreme Court held that the so-called “residual clau...
This report briefly explores the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA), 18 U.S.C. 924(e), which requires ...
On October 11, 2011, in United States v. Vann, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, sit...
(Excerpt) This Note argues that conspiracies to commit violent felonies are not violent felonies und...