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Stemming from his actions in 2017, Eugene Jackson pleaded guilty in the Southern District of Florida to one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm. A pre-sentence report recommended that Jackson be sentenced under the ACCA, and thus be given the mandatory fifteen year minimum prison sentence.
Sep. 12—ATHENS — A convicted felon with a violent criminal history was sentenced to federal prison after admitting he was in illegal possession of a stolen firearm in a Project Safe ...
Mar. 6—VALDOSTA — A Valdosta resident, who is an armed career criminal, was sentenced to serve more than 15 years in prison after state and federal agents arrested him in possession of two ...
Under the Armed Career Criminal Act of 1984, a defendant convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm faces more severe punishment if he has three or more previous convictions for a 'violent felony,' a term defined to include any felony that 'involves conduct that presents a serious potential risk of physical injury to another.' 18 U ...
Kevin Abbott was convicted of drug trafficking and of being a felon in possession of a firearm, which required a fifteen-year mandatory minimum prison sentence under the Armed Career Criminal Act 18 U.S.C. § 924(e). The court added five additional years to his sentence under §924(c) for the gun possession, for a total of twenty years. [7]
Jul. 12—A Carthage man charged two years ago with being a felon in possession of a firearm saw the charge dismissed this week upon his completion of a local treatment court program. Terry D ...
Since 2020 he's been charged three times with being a felon in possession of a firearm. In December 2020, records show, Guss was arrested with drugs and a gun by Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies.
Firearm case law in the United States is based on decisions of the Supreme Court and other federal courts.Each of these decisions deals with the Second Amendment (which is a part of the Bill of Rights), the right to keep and bear arms, the Commerce Clause, the General Welfare Clause, and/or other federal firearms laws.