Armed Career Criminal Act

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Armed_Career_Criminal_Act
GPTKB entity
Statements (24)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:ACCA
gptkbp:amendedBy gptkb:Firearm_Owners_Protection_Act
gptkbp:appliesTo firearms offenses
repeat offenders
defendant is convicted of unlawful firearm possession
gptkbp:codifiedIn 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:dateEnacted 1984
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:United_States_Congress
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Armed Career Criminal Act
gptkbp:minimumSentence 15 years
gptkbp:penalty mandatory minimum sentence
gptkbp:purpose increase penalties for repeat offenders with firearms
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Three-strikes_law
gptkbp:requires three prior violent felony or serious drug offense convictions
gptkbp:subjectOf Supreme Court cases
Descamps v. United States (2013)
Johnson v. United States (2015)
Stokeling v. United States (2019)
Taylor v. United States (1990)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:576_U.S._644_(2015)
gptkb:Comprehensive_Crime_Control_Act_of_1984
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7