US v. Kenneth Hayes, No. 09-4585 (4th Cir. 2010)
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UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 09-4585 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff Appellee, v. KENNETH RAY HAYES, Defendant Appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina, at Durham. James A. Beaty, Jr., Chief District Judge. (1:08-cr-00336-JAB-1) Submitted: May 27, 2010 Decided: June 17, 2010 Before WILKINSON, SHEDD, and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges. Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Louis C. Allen, Federal Public Defender, John A. Dusenbury, Jr., Assistant Federal Public Defender, Greensboro, North Carolina, for Appellant. Robert Albert Jamison Lang, Assistant United States Attorney, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, for Appellee. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. PER CURIAM: Kenneth Ray Hayes pled guilty pursuant to a plea agreement to two counts of being a felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1) & 924(e) (2006). The district court sentenced Hayes within his properly-calculated advisory Sentencing Guidelines range to 204 months imprisonment on both counts, to be served concurrently. On appeal, Anders v. Hayes counsel California, 386 has U.S. filed 738 a brief (1967). submitted a pro se supplemental brief. pursuant Hayes has to also Finding no error, we affirm. Hayes argues that he was improperly sentenced as an armed career criminal because, following Begay v. United States, 553 U.S. opposed 137 to (2008), burglary burglary of a of a commercial residential building, building, is not as a qualifying predicate violent felony for purposes of 18 U.S.C. § 924(e). As Hayes concedes, the Supreme Court has decided this issue adversely to his position. 495 U.S. 575, 598 (1990). See Taylor v. United States, A conviction in North Carolina for breaking and entering has been held to satisfy the requirements of the statute. See 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(2)(B)(ii); United States v. Bowden, 975 F.2d 1080, 1085 (4th Cir. 1992) (holding that conviction in North Carolina for breaking and entering amounted to a generic burglary under § 924(e)(2)(B)(ii), and 2 constituted a predicate violent felony); see also United States v. Thompson, 421 F.3d 278, 284 (4th Cir. 2005) (following Taylor and finding breaking and entering under North Carolina law is burglary). overrule [I]t is [the Supreme] Court s prerogative alone to one of its 522 U.S. 3, 20 (1997). precedents. State Oil Co. v. Khan, Accordingly, Hayes claim fails. In his pro se supplemental brief, Hayes argues that the district court erred in enhancing his sentence pursuant to U.S. Sentencing Guidelines Manual ( USSG ) § 4B1.4(b)(3)(A) (2008) because, according to Hayes, convictions of commercial burglary are not predicate crimes of violence for purposes of the ACCA. predicate As noted, burglary of a commercial building is a offense under the ACCA, and the district court, therefore, did not err in applying the USSG § 4B1.4(b)(3)(A) enhancement. In accordance with Anders, we have reviewed the record in this case, including the issues raised in Hayes pro se supplemental brief, and have found no meritorious issues for appeal. We therefore affirm Hayes conviction and sentence. This court requires that counsel inform Hayes, in writing, of the right to petition the Supreme Court of the United States for further review. If Hayes requests that a petition be filed, but counsel believes that such a petition would be frivolous, then counsel may move in this court 3 for leave to withdraw from representation. Counsel s motion must state that a copy thereof was served on Hayes. We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal before contentions the court are adequately and argument presented would not in aid the the materials decisional process. AFFIRMED 4
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