United States v. Washington, No. 11-6339 (10th Cir. 2012)
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Defendant Cory Washington pled guilty to two firearms charges. Before sentencing, the government filed a notice of prior convictions to support a sentencing enhancement under the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA). The probation office identified three predicate violent felonies: an adult conviction for assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, an adult conviction for second degree burglary, and an Oklahoma juvenile adjudication for pointing a weapon. Defendant objected to the application of the juvenile adjudication, but the district court ultimately concluded that the juvenile adjudication qualified as a violent felony under the ACCA. The court therefore applied the enhancement and sentenced Defendant to the minimum sentence under the Act. On appeal, Defendant raised his issue with the juvenile adjudication to support his sentence enhancement. Finding that the juvenile adjudication was appropriately applied as a predicate conviction under the ACCA, the Tenth Circuit affirmed Defendant's conviction and sentence.
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