Opinion ID: 3059058
Heading Depth: 4
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: 2 or more serious violent felonies; or

Text: (ii) one or more serious violent felonies and one or more serious drug offenses; and (B) each serious violent felony or serious drug offense . . . other than the first, was committed after the defendant’s conviction of the preceding serious violent felony or serious drug offense. 10 section 924(c)); or attempt, conspiracy, or solicitation to commit any of the above offenses,” 18 U.S.C. § 3559(c)(2)(F)(i) (emphasis added), or “any other offense punishable by a maximum term of imprisonment of 10 years or more that has as an element the use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical force . . . or that . . . involves a substantial risk that physical force against the person of another . . . may be used . . . .” Id. § 3559(c)(2)(F)(ii). Rolon’s conviction on Count 6, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A)(i), qualified as a “serious violent felony” under the explicit terms of § 3559(c)(2)(F)(i). Because Rolon’s 1990, 1997, and 2000 convictions included “serious violent felon[ies]” under § 3559(c), Rolon was subject to a mandatory life sentence on Count 6.8 In addition, because the sentence for an offense under § 924(c)(1)(A) must be consecutive to any other sentence, the district court sentenced Rolon to a consecutive term of life imprisonment on Count 6. Id. § 924(c)(1)(D)(ii).