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U.S. v. ANTONIE

No. 91-30017.

953 F.2d 496 (1991)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. John R. ANTONIE, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided December 31, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph D. Wilson, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for plaintiff-appellant.

Allen M. Gauper, Salina, Sanger & Gauper, Spokane, Wash., for defendant-appellee.

Before GOODWIN, SCHROEDER and NOONAN, Circuit Judges.

SCHROEDER, Circuit Judge:

The issue in this case involves the proper application of the Armed Career Criminal Act, 18 U.S.C. § 924(e). Under section 924(e) a federal court is obliged to impose a sentence of fifteen years to life for the illegal possession of a firearm by anyone who has three prior convictions for violent felonies or serious drug offenses. The language of the statute, as amended in 1988, requires that the violent felony convictions or serious...

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