No. 08-3890.United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.Submitted: November 16, 2009.
Filed: November 23, 2009.
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Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri.
Ronna A. Holloman-Hughes, Asst. Fed. Public Defender, Kansas City, MO (Raymond C. Conrad, Jr., Fed. Public Defender, on the brief), for appellant.
Paul S. Becker, Asst. U.S. Atty., Kansas City, MO (John F. Wood, U.S. Atty., on the brief), for appellee.
Before MELLOY, BEAM, and GRUENDER, Circuit Judges.
[UNPUBLISHED]
PER CURIAM.
David Thibeaux appeals his 152-month sentence for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Thibeaux specifically objects to the district court’s[1] determination that his prior offense for second-degree burglary in Missouri was a violent felony pursuant to the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA), 18 U.S.C. § 924(e) (imposing a mandatory fifteen-year[2]
sentence upon felons who unlawfully possess a firearm and who also have three or more previous “violent felony” convictions). Section 924(e) defines violent felony to include “burglary, arson, or extortion” or any other crime that has as an element the use of physical force or “otherwise involves conduct that presents a serious potential risk of physical injury to another.” 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(2)(B). Thibeaux argues that the district court did not correctly analyze the violent felony issue under the Supreme Court’s decision in Begay v. United States, 553 U.S. 137, 128 S.Ct. 1581, 1586-88, 170 L.Ed.2d 490 (2008) (holding that New Mexico conviction for driving under the influence was not a violent felony within the “otherwise involves” clause of the ACCA). We disagree Begay analyzed whether a non-enumerated offense qualified as a violent felony; however, “burglary” is a enumerated offense in 18 U.S.C. § 924(e). Cf. United States v. Stymiest, 581 F.3d 759, 768 (8th Cir. 2009) “(Begay . . . does not undermine our burglary precedents.”). Thibeaux’s conviction for second-degree burglary in Missouri qualifies as a violent felony. Accord Taylor v. United States, 495 U.S. 575, 599, 110 S.Ct. 2143, 109 L.Ed.2d 607 (1990); Mo.Rev. Stat. § 569.170. We affirm.
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