context: Mr. McGowan concedes that his arguments are foreclosed by binding circuit and Supreme Court precedent, but raises the issues only to preserve them for further review.
citation_a.signal: see also
citation_a.identifier: 711 F.3d 1255, 1259
citation_a.parenthetical: explaining that Almendarez-Torres remains good law and "binding until it is overruled by the Supreme Court"
citation_a.sentence: See also United States v. Weeks, 711 F.3d 1255, 1259 (11th Cir. 2013) (explaining that Almendarez-Torres remains good law and “binding until it is overruled by the Supreme Court”).
citation_b.signal: see
citation_b.identifier: 713 F.3d 627, 635
citation_b.parenthetical: holding that a district court may review Shepard documents "to determine 'the factual nature' of prior convictions for ACCA purposes, 'including whether they were committed on different occasions'"
citation_b.sentence: See United States v. Overstreet, 713 F.3d 627, 635 (11th Cir. 2013) (holding that a district court may review Shepard documents “to determine ‘the factual nature’ of prior convictions for ACCA purposes, ‘including whether they were committed on different occasions’”) (citations omitted); Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224, 226-27, 118 S.Ct. 1219, 140 L.Ed.2d 350 (1998) (holding that, for sentencing purposes, the government does not need to allege a defendant’s prior conviction or prove the fact of a prior conviction where that fact “is not an element of the present crime”).