United States v. Schaffer, No. 15-2571 (8th Cir. 2016)
Annotate this CaseDefendant pled guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm and the district court sentenced him under the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA), 18 U.S.C. 924(e), based on his three prior violent felony convictions. The court concluded that defendant's prior conviction for felony domestic assault is a violent felony under the force clause. Accordingly, the court affirmed the judgment.
Court Description: Murphy, Author, with Beam and Gruender, Circuit Judges] Criminal case - Sentencing. Defendant's prior convictions for felony domestic assault under Minn. Stat. Sec. 609.2242, subd. 1(2) qualified as a violent felony under the force clause the Armed Career Criminal Act.
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