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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF MAINE


UNITED STATES OF AMERICA      )
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v.          )   1:11-cr-00156-JAW
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MATTHEW AYOTTE        )

  
ORDER ON ARMED CAREER CRIMINAL ACT STATUS  

Determining whether an offense is a violent felony for purposes of the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA) often requires puzzling through confounding abstractions with real life consequences for society, especially for a defendant.  The ACCA subjects a felon in possession of a firearm to steeply elevated penalties

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