US v. Carr, No. 08-5037
Conviction of defendant for being a felon in possession of a firearm and sentence as an armed career criminal to 262 months' imprisonment is affirmed as, although defendant's crimes are substantively the same and arguably had the same criminal objective, the combination of factors establishes that defendant's prior felonies were separate and distinct criminal episodes for purposes of the ACCA.
Appellate Information
Argued: December 3, 2009
Decided: January 26, 2010
Judges
Opinion by Chief Judge Shedd
Counsel
For Appellant: Joseph Edward Zeszotarski, Jr., Poyner Sprull, LLP
For Appellee: John Stuart Bruce, Office of the United States Attorney