United States v. Sol Peoples

Fifth Circuit

United States v. Sol Peoples

613 F. App'x 425

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit·Decided August 19, 2015·No. 13-11339·Unpublished

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ON REMAND FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

PER CURIAM: *

The defendant has been sentenced to the mandatory minimum sentence pursuant to the Armed Career Criminal Act because of three prior convictions for violent felonies. Because the Supreme Court has held that the residual clause of the statute is unconstitutional in Johnson v. United States, 576 U.S. -, 135 S.Ct. 2551, 192 L.Ed.2d 569 (2015), defendant’s sentence must be vacated and a new sentence imposed.

SENTENCE VACATED; CASE REMANDED.

*

Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.

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ON REMAND FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

PER CURIAM: *

The defendant has been sentenced to the mandatory minimum sentence pursuant to the Armed Career Criminal Act because of three prior convictions for violent felonies. Because the Supreme Court has held that the residual clause of the statute is unconstitutional in Johnson v. United States, 576 U.S. -, 135 S.Ct. 2551, 192 L.Ed.2d 569 (2015), defendant’s sentence must be vacated and a new sentence imposed.

SENTENCE VACATED; CASE REMANDED.

*

Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.

United States v. Sol Peoples, 613 F. App'x 425 (5th Cir. 2015).

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