United States v. Joseph Louis Tokash

33 F.3d 60 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Joseph Louis TOKASH, Defendant-Appellant. No. 93-10676. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Aug. 12, 1994. * Decided Aug. 24, 1994. Before: FLETCHER, HALL and WIGGINS, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Appellant Joseph Louis Tokash appeals his sentence under 18 U.S.C. Sec. 924 (e), the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA). We affirm. BACKGROUND 3 Tokash pled guilty to violating 18 U.S.C. Sec. 922 (g), possession of a firearm by a felon. Tokash was sentenced under the ACCA, which sets forth a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years for persons who are convicted of violating Sec. 922(g) and who have "three previous convictions ... for a violent felony ... committed on occasions different from one another." 4 At the sentencing proceedings in the district court, Tokash brought a collateral attack against four armed robbery convictions he suffered in 1982.…