United States v. Matthews, No. 07-0699-cr (Wesley, Hall, Gibson, CJJ) (per curiam) Matthews challenged his life sentence under the federal “three-strikes” statute, 18 U.S.C. § 3559(c), on several grounds. The circuit affirmed. One “three-strikes” provision requires the defendant to establish that his prior convictions were not “serious violent felonies,” as defined by the statute. The … Read more