Court Opinion

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                                [NOT FOR PUBLICATION]

                            United States Court of Appeals
                                For the First Circuit
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          No. 97-1022

                                    UNITED STATES,

                                      Appellee,

                                          v.

                                    PAUL D. ALLEN,

                                Defendant - Appellant.

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                     APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

                          FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS

                   [Hon. Nathaniel M. Gorton, U.S. District Judge]
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                                        Before

                               Torruella, Chief Judge,
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                            Coffin, Senior Circuit Judge,
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                             and Boudin, Circuit Judge. 
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               R.  Scott Miller,  Jr.,  by appointment  of  the Court,  for
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          appellant.
               Jeanne M. Kempthorne, Assistant United States Attorney, with
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          whom Donald  K. Stern, United  States Attorney, was on  brief for
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          appellee.

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                                  September 18, 1997
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                    Per Curiam.  Paul Allen  appeals the enhancement to his
                    Per Curiam.
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          sentence following his conviction for being a felon in possession

          of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C.   922(g)(1).  The district

          court  entered a judgment  against appellant  pursuant to  a plea

          agreement in  which appellant  pled guilty  to violating  section

          922(g)(1)  and "acknowledge[d] that  the provisions of  the Armed

          Career Criminal Act,  18 U.S.C.   924(e) ('ACCA'),  apply to this

          case."   Accordingly, the  district court sentenced  appellant to

          212  months, which amount  includes a sentence  enhancement under

          the ACCA.  We find this sentence enhancement proper.

                      The ACCA applies  when a person who  violates section

          922(g) has three  previous convictions for a violent  felony or a

          serious  drug offense.   While the presentence  report, which the

          district court  adopted, improperly characterized  the qualifying

          crimes  under  the  ACCA  as  "crimes of  violence"  rather  than

          "violent felon[ies],"  appellant's earlier admission that  he was

          subject  to  an enhancement  under  the  provisions of  the  ACCA

          constitutes an admission  that his previous convictions  meet the

          Act's  definitions of "violent felony" or "serious drug offense."

          Because appellant  has made this  admission, he cannot  now claim

          that  the provisions of  the ACCA do  not apply to him.   We also

          note  in passing that  all five of  appellant's previous criminal

          convictions,  considered   qualifying  prior   felonies  in   the

          presentencereport, meetthe statutorydefinitionof "violentfelony."

                      Affirmed.
                      Affirmed.
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