United States v. Pledge, No. 15-2856 (8th Cir. 2016)
Annotate this CaseDefendant pled guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm and was sentenced under the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA), 18 U.S.C. 924(e), based on his four prior convictions for aggravated burglary. The court affirmed the judgment, concluding that defendant's three aggravated burglary convictions are separate predicate offenses under the ACCA and that the district court correctly determined that defendant thus qualifies as an armed career criminal.
Court Description: Murphy, Author, with Chief Judge Riley and Wollman, Circuit Judges] Criminal Case - sentence. District court did not plainly err in concluding that three burglaries at three different residences that were within twelve miles of each other on the same day qualified as three separate predicate offenses under the Armed Career Criminal Act and the district court correctly determined defendant qualified as an armed career criminal.
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