U.S. v. Johnson

Federal 7th Circuit Court
Criminal Court
Sentencing
Citation
Case Number: 
No. 13-3172
Decision Date: 
February 26, 2014
Federal District: 
S.D. Ind., Indianapolis Div.
Holding: 
Affirmed
Dist. Ct. did not err in sentencing defendant to 180-month term of incarceration on unlawful possession of firearm charge, where said sentence was based in part on finding that defendant was armed career criminal due to his three prior convictions for robbery, domestic battery and resisting law enforcement officer. Ct. rejected defendant’s contention that his Indiana conviction for domestic battery did not qualify as “violent offense” for purpose of establishing his armed career criminal status, after Ct. noted that said offense involved conduct that presented serious potential risk of physical injury to another individual.