{"id":87070,"date":"2018-12-31T13:10:25","date_gmt":"2018-12-31T18:10:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sentencing.net\/?p=87070"},"modified":"2019-11-05T15:31:51","modified_gmt":"2019-11-05T20:31:51","slug":"burglary-armed-career-criminal-act-acca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sentencing.net\/sentencing\/burglary-armed-career-criminal-act-acca","title":{"rendered":"Defining Burglary Under the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t
The Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA) applies a specific set of sentencing provisions to convicted felons who use a firearm in the commission of a crime with a prior record of violent offenses. In United States v. Stitt<\/em><\/a>, the Supreme Court recently addressed the question of what exactly constitutes a burglary for purposes of determining whether the ACCA applies to a defendant convicted of an additional crime with a handgun. The unanimous decision clarified that even if a structure transformed into sleeping quarters was formerly a vehicle, this structure could still fit within the definition of burglary.<\/p>\nWhat is the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA)?<\/h2>\n