In a 5-4 decision that saw a split of the conservative justices the United States Supreme Court ruled in favor of a defendant who argued he should not be subject to the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA), a 1984 law that imposes a 15-year mandatory minimum sentence on certain repeat offenders who are caught illegally possessing a gun. https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/557793-gorsuch-thomas-join-liberal-justices-in-siding-with-criminal?rl=1
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