Source: https://www.prisonlegalnews.org/news/2009/jan/15/michigan-escape-is-not-violent-felony-for-acca-purposes/
Timestamp: 2019-04-21 23:59:33+00:00

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Filed under: Crime/Demographics, Escapes, U.S. Sentencing Guidelines. Location: Michigan.
The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has held that a Michigan “failure to report” escape conviction was not a “violent felony” under 18 U.S.C. § 924, the Armed Career Criminals Act (ACCA).
Anthony Collier was arrested by federal agents in Michigan and charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm under 18 U.S.C. § 992(g)(1).
At sentencing, Collier’s attorney conceded that breaking and entering was a violent felony, but argued that the other convictions were not. The sentencing court found that all three convictions were violent felonies and sentenced Collier under the ACCA.
The Court then determined “that Collier’s Michigan conviction for escape does not qualify as a ‘violent felony’ under the ACCA.” As to his eluding conviction, the appellate court noted that it had previously found such convictions to be ACCA violent felonies in United States v. Martin, 378 F.3d 578, 582-84 (6th Cir. 2004); United States v. McGhee, 161 Fed.Appx. 441, 448-450 (6th Cir. 2005) (unpublished) and United States v. Foreman, 436 F.3d 638, 643 (6th Cir. 2006). See: United States v. Collier, 493 F.3d 731 (6th Cir. 2007).
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