Criminal – Sentencing – Career Criminal – Violent Felonies 
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Published: February 8, 2010
Tags: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Criminal, Judge Dennis W. Shedd
The 4th Circuit rejects a North Carolina defendant’s argument that his prior “violent felonies” of B&E do not add up for sentencing as an armed career criminal because multiple offenses were committed on the same occasions, as in his breaking into 13 different buildings used by 10 different occupants as storage units.
Defendant pled guilty to ...
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