Federal Armed Career Criminal Act – PC 273.5 Qualify?

If one was convicted of domestic violence under California law, does that conviction “count” toward being a violent felony under the federal Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA)? Would it count as one of three prior violent felonies toward making defendant qualify for a mandatory fifteen year federal prison sentence under the ACCA? The answer may surprise you. To read more about he ACCA and a state court domestic violence conviction, please click on the following link – https://www.greghillassociates.com/federal-armed-career-criminal-act-pc-273-5-qualify.html