United States v. Damarlo Perry , 695 F. App'x 713 ( 2017 )


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  •                                     UNPUBLISHED
    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
    FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
    No. 16-4278
    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
    Plaintiff - Appellee,
    v.
    DAMARLO JAMON PERRY,
    Defendant - Appellant.
    Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina, at
    Greensboro. William L. Osteen, Jr., Chief District Judge. (1:15-cr-00389-WO-1)
    Submitted: August 15, 2017                                        Decided: August 17, 2017
    Before TRAXLER, SHEDD, and WYNN, Circuit Judges.
    Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
    Mark Everette Edwards, EDWARDS & TRENKLE, PLLC, Durham, North Carolina, for
    Appellant. Sandra J. Hairston, Acting United States Attorney, Robert A.J. Lang,
    Assistant United States Attorney, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, for Appellee.
    Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
    PER CURIAM:
    Damarlo Jamon Perry appeals the sentence imposed by the district court following
    his guilty plea to being a felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C.
    §§ 922(g)(1), 924(a)(2) (2012). On appeal, Perry challenges the application of the base
    offense level in U.S. Sentencing Guidelines Manual § 2K2.1(a)(4)(A) (2015), arguing
    that his predicate conviction for North Carolina conspiracy to commit armed robbery no
    longer qualifies as crime of violence following Johnson v. United States, 
    135 S. Ct. 2551
    (2015). We affirm.
    Recent decisions by the Supreme Court and this court foreclose Perry’s argument.
    See Beckles v. United States, 
    137 S. Ct. 886
    , 892 (2017) (holding that Sentencing
    Guidelines, including residual clause that § 2K2.1(a)(4)(A) cross-references, “are not
    subject to a vagueness challenge under the Due Process Clause”); United States v. Burns-
    Johnson, __ F.3d __, __, 
    2017 WL 3027872
    (4th Cir. July 18, 2017) (holding that North
    Carolina conviction for robbery with dangerous weapon categorically qualifies as violent
    felony under Armed Career Criminal Act’s force clause); United States v. Mack, 
    855 F.3d 581
    , 585 (4th Cir. 2017) (concluding that conspiracies and attempts to commit
    enumerated crime qualify as crimes of violence). We therefore reject Perry’s argument
    that his conviction for North Carolina conspiracy to commit robbery with a dangerous
    weapon is not a crime of violence under the force clause set forth in USSG § 4B1.2(a)(1).
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    Accordingly, we affirm the district court’s judgment. We dispense with oral
    argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the
    materials before this court and argument would not aid the decisional process.
    AFFIRMED
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Document Info

Docket Number: 16-4278

Citation Numbers: 695 F. App'x 713

Filed Date: 8/17/2017

Precedential Status: Non-Precedential

Modified Date: 1/13/2023