United States v. Teeples

MEMORANDUM ^*

David Ray Teeples appeals the district court’s finding that he is a career offender under the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines § 4B1.1 (2003) on the basis of his two prior convictions for lewd and lascivious acts with a child under fourteen. Teeples challenges the finding that his prior conviction under CaLPenal Code § 288(a) (2003) is a crime of violence within the meaning of U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2 (2003).

We must affirm because Teeples’ argument would require us to interpret the phrase “crime of violence” in that guideline differently from the use of the same term in U.S.S.G. § 2L1.2. See United States v. Medina-Maella, 351 F.3d 944 (9th Cir.2003). We recently held in United States v. Granbois, 376 F.3d 993 (9th Cir.2004), that the term “crime of violence” has the same meaning regardless of where it appears in the Guidelines. Thus, Teeples’ California conviction of a crime which we held is a crime of violence under U.S.S.G. § 2L1.2, must also be a crime of violence under § 4B1.2.

AFFIRMED.

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