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UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff—Appellee, v. Matthew Andrew KEY, Defendant—Appellant.
    No. 05-3062.
    United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.
    Submitted: Feb. 15, 2006.
    Decided: March 31, 2006.
    C. Douglas Shull, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Jefferson City, MO, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
    Matthew Andrew Key, Fulton, MO, pro se.
    Troy K. Stabenow, Federal Public Defender’s Office, Jefferson City, MO, for Defendant-Appellant.
    Before RILEY, HEANEY, and MELLOY, Circuit Judges.
   PER CURIAM.

Matthew Andrew Key pled guilty to possession with intent to distribute cocaine base, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1). He received a sentence of 262 months and brought a timely appeal of his sentence. Following oral argument, Key filed a motion for remand, alleging that the trial court committed plain error when it found him to be a career offender for purposes of United States Sentencing Guidelines § 4B1.1. In response, the government conceded that one of the convictions used to qualify Key as a career offender, his 1997 Missouri conviction for Trafficking Drugs, Second Degree, does not satisfy the requirements of U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2(b). Therefore, Key does not have “at least two prior felony convictions of either a crime of violence or a controlled substance offense,” and Key does not qualify as a career offender for purposes of U.S.S.G. § 4B1.1.

Accordingly, we vacate Key’s sentence and remand for resentencing.