United States v. Jeremy Foglesong , 314 F. App'x 904 ( 2008 )


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  •                      United States Court of Appeals
    FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT
    ___________
    No. 07-3662
    ___________
    United States of America,                *
    *
    Appellee,                   * Appeal from the United States
    * District Court for the
    v.                                 * Southern District of Iowa.
    *
    Jeremy Lynn Foglesong,                   * [UNPUBLISHED]
    *
    Appellant.                  *
    ___________
    Submitted: November 3, 2008
    Filed: December 2, 2008
    ___________
    Before MURPHY, BYE, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.
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    PER CURIAM.
    Jeremy Foglesong challenges the 51-month prison sentence the district court
    imposed after he pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of firearms. On appeal,
    Foglesong argues that the district court erred in classifying his prior Iowa conviction
    for operating a vehicle without the owner’s consent as a “crime of violence” under
    U.S.S.G. § 2K2.1.
    In reviewing a sentence, we must first ensure that the district court did not
    commit a significant procedural error, such as improperly calculating the Guidelines
    range. See Gall v. United States, 
    128 S. Ct. 586
    , 597 (2007). We review de novo the
    district court’s application of the Guidelines. See United States v. Espinosa, 
    539 F.3d 926
    , 928-29 (8th Cir. 2008) (error in calculating Guidelines range would be
    procedural error within meaning of Gall; reviewing de novo district court’s
    application of Guidelines).
    In United States v. Lindquist, 
    421 F.3d 751
    , 753-55 (8th Cir. 2005), we held
    that a prior Iowa conviction for operating a vehicle without the owner’s consent
    qualified as a “crime of violence” under section 2K2.1, because of its similarity to the
    Missouri offense of tampering with an automobile by operation, which this court had
    previously declared to be a “crime of violence.” Since then, however, the Supreme
    Court issued its decision in Begay v. United States, 
    128 S. Ct. 1581
    , 1583, 1585-86
    (2008) (to be “violent felony” under Armed Career Criminal Act, crime must be
    “roughly similar, in kind as well as in degree of risk posed,” to examples listed in
    statute; listed crimes all typically involve purposeful, violent, and aggressive conduct).
    Following Begay, we held in United States v. Williams, 
    537 F.3d 969
    , 970-71, 974-76
    (8th Cir. 2008) (rehearing denied), that the Missouri offenses of auto tampering and
    auto theft without consent were no longer “crimes of violence” for purposes of section
    2K2.1. We now likewise hold that the Iowa offense of operating a vehicle without the
    owner’s consent is no longer a “crime of violence” under section 2K2.1.
    Accordingly, we vacate Foglesong’s sentence, and we remand for resentencing
    in accordance with this opinion.
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Document Info

Docket Number: 07-3662

Citation Numbers: 314 F. App'x 904

Judges: Murphy, Bye, Benton

Filed Date: 12/2/2008

Precedential Status: Non-Precedential

Modified Date: 11/5/2024