U.S. v. Adams

Dist. Ct. did not err in sentencing defendant to 15-year term of incarceration on unlawful possession of firearm charge after finding that defendant was armed career criminal based on four prior convictions that qualified as violent felonies. While defendant argued that two of his prior convictions did not qualify for armed career criminal sentencing treatment since Illinois statute at time of his 1981 and 1982 convictions restored his ability to possess firearms by 1989, both convictions qualified for armed career criminal sentencing treatment where: (1) said Illinois statute was repealed in 1984; and (2) defendant had committed other offenses after 1984 that precluded him from restoring his right to possess firearms under repealed statute.