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Ranier: Eleventh Circuit Departs From Recent ACCA Cases and Holds That Prior Conviction for Third Degree Felony Burglary in Alabama Qualifies as ACCA Predicate Violent Felony if Conviction was Based on Generic Elements

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Last week, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals issued its opinion in U.S. v. Ranier. In contrast to many recent cases in which the Court held that certain crimes were not “violent felonies” for the purposes of the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA,) the Court held in Ranier that the…

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Frazier: Eleventh Circuit Rejects Polk Argument, Holding that Falsifying Identity of Firearms Purchaser is a Violation of § 922(a)(6) Even If Actual Buyer May Lawfully Purchase Firearms

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In another federal criminal decision issued last Friday, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals held that the identity of a firearms purchaser is always material to the lawfulness of the purchase of a firearm under 18 U.S.C. § 922(a)(6). This decision directly conflicts with the Fifth Circuit’s 1997 holding in…

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