Yale Law School Clinic Argues Case in U.S. Supreme Court, January 15.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-14 January 2008-Yale University: Yale Law School Clinic Argues Case in U.S. Supreme Court, January 15(C)1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD

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New Haven, Conn. -- Yale Law School students who have been working for months on a case involving mandatory minimum sentencing for a convicted felon will see that case argued before the highest court in the land on January 15.

In United States v. Rodriquez, Yale Law School's Supreme Court Clinic is representing Gino Gonzaga Rodriquez, who was convicted of possessing a firearm and who faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years in prison, if the U.S. government prevails in the case.

The case relates to the federal Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA), which holds that...