USA v. Dominic Walton, No. 17-10199 (5th Cir. 2018)

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Case: 17-10199 Document: 00514738077 Page: 1 Date Filed: 11/27/2018 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT No. 17-10199 Summary Calendar United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit FILED November 27, 2018 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Lyle W. Cayce Clerk Plaintiff - Appellant v. DOMINIC LADALE WALTON, Defendant - Appellee Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas USDC No. 3:15-CR-364-1 Before DENNIS, CLEMENT, and OWEN, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM: * Dominic Ladale Walton received a 24-month sentence following his guilty plea conviction for felon in possession of a firearm. The district court sustained Walton’s objection to the application of the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA), 18 U.S.C. § 924(e), based on his three prior convictions for burglary of a habitation, violations of Texas Penal Code § 30.02(a)(1). The Government timely appealed. Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR. R. 47.5.4. * Case: 17-10199 Document: 00514738077 Page: 2 Date Filed: 11/27/2018 No. 17-10199 Upon motion by the Government, this case was held in abeyance pending a decision in United States v. Herrold, 883 F.3d 517 (5th Cir. 2018) (en banc), petition for cert. filed (Apr. 18, 2018) (No. 17-1445). Herrold has now issued and, as the Government concedes, the district court did not err in determining that Walton’s three prior convictions for burglary of a habitation, in violation of Texas Penal Code § 30.02(a)(1), could not serve as predicate offenses under the ACCA. See Herrold, 883 F.3d at 541. district court is AFFIRMED. 2 Accordingly, the judgment of the

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