U.S. v. FINCH

No. 87-1600.

842 F.2d 201 (1988)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Leon FINCH, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided March 15, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Delworth, Asst. Federal Public Defender, St. Louis, Mo., for appellant.

Daniel Mueleman, Asst. U.S. Atty., for appellee.

Before JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge, BRIGHT, Senior Circuit Judge, and MAGILL, Circuit Judge.


JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.

Leon Finch appeals from his conviction and sentence of fifteen years without parole for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. 18 U.S.C.App. § 1202(a) (1982 and Supp. III 1985) (repealed 1986). First, he argues that the district court1 erred in sentencing him under the Armed Career Criminal Act of 19842 (ACCA) provision of section 1202(a), which requires a minimum...

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