Custis v. U.S., No. 93-5209 (U.S. Supreme Court) (511 U.S. 485; 114 S.Ct. 1732) (May 23, 1994) (Justice Rehnquist)
Here the Court held that a defendant facing an enhanced sentence under the Armed Career Criminal Act on the basis of prior state convictions generally can not challenge the constitutionality of the underlying state convictions at his Federal sentencing.
Here the Court addressed the question "whether a defendant in a ...
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