United States v. Elliott, No. 11-2766 (7th Cir. 2012)
Annotate this CaseAfter he pleaded guilty to a felon-in-possession charge, 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(1), Elliott was sentenced as an armed career criminal based on the district court’s finding that a series of three robberies he perpetrated in a five-day period when he was 18 years old were “committed on occasions different from one another,” 18 U.S.C. 924(e)(1). With the ACCA enhancement, the maximum term was 15 years; without it the maximum term would have been 10 years. The Seventh Circuit affirmed, rejecting an argument that Elliot had a right to have a jury, rather than the judge, assess the nature of his prior crimes. The court noted that the burglaries at issue occurred on different days and involved different residences and victims.
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