Statutory Interpretation Armed Career Criminal Act.

Byline: Derek Hawkins

United States Supreme Court

Case Name: United States v. Stitt

Case No.: 17-765

Focus: Statutory Interpretation Armed Career Criminal Act

The Armed Career Criminal Act requires a federal sentencing judge to impose upon certain persons convicted of unlawfully possessing a firearm a 15-year minimum prison term. The judge is to impose that special sentence if the offender also has three prior convictions for certain violent or drug-related crimes. 18 U. S. C. 924(e). Those prior convictions include convictions for "burglary." 924(e)(2)(B)(ii). And the question here is whether the statutory term "burglary" includes burglary of a structure or vehicle that has been adapted or is customarily used for overnight accommodation. We hold that it does.

We reverse the judgment of the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. We vacate the judgment...

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