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Cite as: 586 U. S. ___ (2018)
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Opinion of the Court

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SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES


Nos. 17–765 and 17–766


UNITED STATES, PETITIONER

17–765
v.

VICTOR J. STITT, II

ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES, PETITIONER

17–766
v.

JASON DANIEL SIMS

ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT
[December 10, 2018]

Justice Breyer delivered the opinion of the Court.

The Armed Career Criminal Act requires a federal sentencing judge to impose upon certain persons convicted of unlawfully possessing a firearm a 15-year minimum prison term. The judge is to impose that special sentence if the offender also has three prior convictions for certain violent or drug-related crimes. 18 U. S. C. §924(e). Those prior convictions include convictions for “burglary.” §924(e)(2)(B)(ii). And the question here is whether the statutory term “burglary” includes burglary of a structure or vehicle that has been adapted or is customarily used for overnight accommodation. We hold that it does.

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The consolidated cases before us involve two defendants,