United States v. Brandon Brown

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 14-4635
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff – Appellee,
v.
BRANDON ORLANDO BROWN,
Defendant - Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
South Carolina, at Florence. R. Bryan Harwell, District Judge.
(4:13-cr-01088-RBH-1)
Submitted: February 23, 2015 Decided: March 18, 2015
Before SHEDD, FLOYD, and THACKER, Circuit Judges.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Michael A. Meetze, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Florence,
South Carolina, for Appellant. William N. Nettles, United
States Attorney, Benjamin Neale Garner, Assistant United States
Attorney, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Brandon Orlando Brown pled guilty to possession of a
firearm by a convicted felon, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) (2012), and
was sentenced as an armed career criminal to 180 months in
prison. He appeals, arguing that his five convictions for
second degree burglary under S.C. Code Ann. § 16-11-312(A) do
not qualify as predicate felonies for armed career criminal
status. We have held that a conviction under § 16-11-312(A) is
such a qualifying felony. United States v. Wright, 594 F.3d
259, 266 (4th Cir. 2010). “[W]e are bound by prior precedent
from other panels in this circuit absent contrary law from an en
banc or Supreme Court decision.” United States v. Ruhe, 191
F.3d 376, 388 (4th Cir. 1999). There is no such contrary law.
Accordingly, we find no merit to Brown’s claim, and we affirm.
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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