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Timestamp: 2020-06-07 04:18:37
Document Index: 459807463

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

RODNEY B. ALLEN, Movant,
After a jury trial, Movant was convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1) and 924(e). He was subject to a sentence enhancement under the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA), 18 U.S.C. § 924(e), because he had a conviction for Texas robbery and two convictions for Texas aggravated robbery. He was sentenced to 293 months' imprisonment. The judgment was affirmed on appeal. United States v. Allen, 136 F.3d 137 (5th Cir. 1998), cert. denied, 118 S.Ct. 1399 (1998). Movant's first 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion was dismissed as barred by the statute of limitations. Allen v. United States, No. 3:05-CV-1477-K (N.D. Tex. Jan. 16, 2006).
Federal law forbids certain people-such as convicted felons, persons committed to mental institutions, and drug users-to ship, possess, and receive firearms. § 922(g). In general, the law punishes violation of this ban by up to 10 years' imprisonment. § 924(a)(2). But if the violator has three or more earlier convictions for a “serious drug offense” or a “violent felony, ” [Section 924 of ] the Armed Career Criminal Act increases his prison term to a minimum of 15 years and a maximum of life. § 924(e)(1); Johnson v. United States, 559 U.S. 133, 136, 130 S.Ct. 1265, 176 L.Ed.2d 1 (2010). The Act defines “violent felony” as follows”
Johnson, 135 S.Ct. at 2555-56. Subsection (i) is known either as the force clause, UnitedStates v. Lerma, 877 F.3d 628, 630 (5th Cir. 2017), or as the elements clause, UnitedStates v. Taylor, 873 F.3d 476, 477 n.1 (5th Cir. 2017). The four offenses listed in subsection (ii) are referred to as the &ldquo;enumerated offenses, &rdquo; see United States v. Davis, 487 F.3d 282, 285 (5th Cir. 2007), or as the &ldquo;enumerated offenses clause, &rdquo; Taylor, 873 F.3d at 477 n.1. ...