US v. Brandon Brown, No. 14-4635 (4th Cir. 2015)

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UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 14-4635 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff – Appellee, v. BRANDON ORLANDO BROWN, Defendant -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 Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.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 Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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 prison. He as an appeals, armed career arguing criminal that his to five 180 months convictions in for second degree burglary under S.C. Code Ann. § 16-11-312(A) do not qualify status. as predicate felonies for armed career criminal 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.” F.3d 376, 388 (4th Cir. 1999). United States v. Ruhe, 191 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 2

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