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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 2255', '§ 2255', '§ 924', '§ 924', '§ 922', '§ 924', '§ 924', '§ 924']

FindACase™ | Lenford Never Misses A Shot v. United States
Lenford Never Misses A Shot v. United States
LENFORD NEVER MISSES A SHOT, Petitioner,
Petitioner pleaded guilty to sexual abuse and escape and was sentenced on May 11, 2004, to consecutive sentences of 210 and 10 months imprisonment. He filed a motion to vacate, set aside, or correct sentence pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255 on the basis of the decision of the United States Supreme Court in Blakelv v. Washington, 542 U.S. 296, 124 S.Ct. 2531, 159 L.Ed.2d 403 (2004). The petition was summarily denied, CIV 04-3024. Petitioner filed a second motion to vacate alleging ineffective assistance of counsel and that he was incompetent to enter a guilty plea. The petition was summarily denied, CIV 06-3019. Petitioner filed a third motion to vacate on the basis of the Eighth Circuit's opinion in United States v. Bruguier, 735 F.3d 7544 (8th Cir. 2013). The petition was summarily denied, CIV 16-3011.
Petitioner has filed a fourth motion to vacate, set aside, or correct sentence pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255. He contends that he is entitled to relief under Johnson v. United States, __U.S. __, 135 S.Ct. 2551, 192 L.Ed.2d 569 (2015), wherein the United States Supreme Court struck down as unconstitutionally vague the so-called residual clause of the Armed Career Criminal Act, 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(2)(B)(ii). Johnson was made retroactive to cases on collateral review by the Supreme Court in Welch v. United States, __U.S.__, 136 S.Ct. 1257, 194 L.Ed.2d 387 (2016).
I. The Residual Clause of the Armed Career Criminal Act.
Chapter 44 of Title 18 of the United States Code sets forth the laws as to the manufacture, import, sale, and possession of firearms. Section 922(g) prohibits any person who has been convicted of a felony, is a fugitive from justice, is an unlawful user of or addicted to any controlled substance, has been adjudicated as having mental defects or has been committed to a mental institution, is an illegal alien, has been dishonorably discharged from the armed forces, has renounced United States citizenship, is subject to a restraining order, or has been convicted of a crime of domestic violence from shipping, transporting, possessing, or receiving any firearm or ammunition. 18 U.S.C. § 924(g)(1)-(9).
The maximum custodial penalty for a violation of § 922(g) is ten years. 18 U.S.C. § 924(a)(2). An enhanced mandatory minimum penalty of 15 years custody applies if a prohibited person "has three previous convictions by any court referred to in section 922(g)(1) of this title for a violent felony or a serious drug offense, or both, committed on occasions different from one another." 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(1) (emphasis supplied). That mandatory minimum penalty was enacted as part of The Armed Career Criminal Act of 1984 ("ACCA"), as amended.
The term "violent felony" is defined as
18 U.S.C.A. § 924(e)(2)(B) (emphasis supplied).
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section 924(e)(2)(B)(i) is known as the elements clause. Section 924(e)(2)(B)(ii) is known as the enumerated offenses clause. The phrase "or otherwise involves conduct that presents a serious potential risk of physical injury to another" is known as the residual clause. Johnson v. United States, __U.S. at__, 135 S.Ct. at 2556. The United States Supreme Court held in Johnson that the residual clause of the ACCA is unconstitutionally vague. Johnson v. United States, __U.S. at__, 135 S.Ct. at 2557-60. The Johnson "decision does not call into question application of the Act to the four ...