United States v. Larry Levern Jones

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• concluding that the erroneous application of an ACCA enhancement affected the defendant’s substantial rights when “the district court will be statutorily compelled to give [the defendant] a shorter sentence on remand”
• explaining that any sentencing issues that were not raised in the district court are reviewed for plain error
• rejecting government’s invited error argument, addressing defendant’s new argument based on intervening Supreme Court and circuit precedent, reviewing for plain error, and vacating defendant’s ACCA sentence
• an “intervening decision by this Court or the Supreme Court squarely on point may make an error plain” (quotation omitted)

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