Opinion ID: 3048422
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Heading: Underlying Conviction and Appeal

Text: In August 1994, a federal grand jury indicted Young for possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g) and 924(e), the Armed Career Criminal Act (“ACCA”). He was convicted after a three-day trial. Young’s presentence investigation report (“PSI”) stated he had numerous prior state-felony convictions, 6 of which were violent felonies. According to the PSI, Young pled nolo contendere in all but one of the prior felony cases. Additionally, several of the violent felonies had the same date. The district judge sentenced Young to 262 months of imprisonment. On direct appeal, Young argued the district judge erroneously found he had possessed a firearm in connection with a burglary, under U.S.S.G. § 4B1.4(b)(3)(A), the armed-career-criminal sentencing guideline. Young did not challenge his eligibility for an enhanced ACCA sentence under § 924(e). We affirmed Young’s conviction and sentence. United States v. Young, 115 F.3d 834