Violent career criminal definition
Violent career criminal means a defendant for whom the court must impose imprisonment pursuant to paragraph (4)(d), if it finds that:
Violent career criminal means a person who within the preceding fifteen years has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to two or more violent felony offenses or has been adjudicated a delinquent child for committing an act that would constitute a violent felony offense if committed by an adult and also has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to a violent felony offense.
Violent career criminal means a defendant for whom the court must im- pose imprisonment pursuant to paragraph (4)(d), if it finds that:
More Definitions of Violent career criminal
Violent career criminal means a person who within the preceding eight years, subject to extension as provided in division (A)(1)(b) of this section, has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to two or more violent felony offenses that are separated by intervening sentences and are not so closely related to each other and connected in time and place that they constitute a course of criminal conduct.