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Supreme Court to Decide Reach of 3-Strikes Law

An Indiana man says multiple convictions from a weeklong burglary spree when he was 18 shouldn’t enhance a gun possession sentence.
Supreme Court to Decide Reach of 3-Strikes Law
The U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on June 30, 2023. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images
Matthew Vadum
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The Supreme Court will consider whether a judge or a jury gets to decide whether criminal defendants’ prior convictions justify enhanced sentencing under a federal three-strikes law.

The case, Erlinger v. United States (court file 23-370), is the second Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA) case the court has agreed to hear in its current term, which began in October.