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Supreme Court Holds Failure to Report to Prison Not a Violent Felony Under ACCA

Supreme Court Holds Failure to Report to Prison Not a Violent Felony Under ACCA

A defendant’s failure to surrender to serve a prison sentence is not a “violent felony” under the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA), the U.S. Supreme Court held on January 13, 2009.

Deondery Chambers pleaded guilty to ...

 

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