United States v. Sims (17-766)

Question

Is the crime of residential burglary under Arkansas law, or aggravated burglary under Tennessee law, the same as or narrower than "general burglary" such that convictions for those crimes serve as predicate crimes for the purpose of the enhanced sentencing provision of the Armed Career Criminal Act of 1984?

Petitioner: United States of America

Respondent: Robin M. Sims

Granted: 2018-04-23 00:00:00

Decided: 2018-12-10 00:00:00

Argued: 2018-10-09 11:00:00

Uploaded: 2018-10-12 17:06:00

Advocates: Erica L. Ross, Jeffrey L. Fisher

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Tags: Criminal Rights and Process