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Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA) : Using Prior Juvenile Adjudications for Sentence Enhancements.
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- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Constitutional law.
- Juvenile delinquency.
- Narcotics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (6 pages, digital, PDF file)
- Place of Publication:
- [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2007.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- Reviews the Armed Career Criminal Act, which requires imposition of a minimum 15-year term of imprisonment for unlawful possession of a firearm by individuals with three prior serious drug or violent felony convictions. Summarizes prior conviction exception under Supreme Court decision in Almendarez-Torres v. U.S., and competing court views on the constitutionality of using non-jury juvenile adjudications in subsequent criminal proceedings.
- Notes:
- Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.
- CRS Report.
- Other Format:
- Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA)
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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