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Parties Involved:
Rickey H. Kinsey
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS 

TENTH CIRCUIT 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

Plaintiff-Appellee, 

FI LED 

United States Court of Appeals 

Tench Circuit 

AUG .. 9 1990 

ROBERT L. HOECKER 

Clerk 

vs. 

RICKEY H. KINSEY, 

Defendant-Appellant. 

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No. 90-4042 

(D.C. No. 89-C-566W) 

(D. Utah) 

ORDER AND JUDGMENT* 

Before ANDERSON, BALDOCK and EBEL, Circuit Judges.** 

Plaintiff-appellant Rickey H. Kinsey appeals prose from the 

denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion to vacate, set aside or 

correct his sentence. Kinsey plead guilty to being a felon in 

receipt of a firearm. 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(l). Because he 

previously had been convicted of three violent felonies--two 

robberies and a burglary--Kinsey was sentenced to fifteen years 

imprisonment under 18 U.S.C. § 924(e). On appeal of his§ 2255 

* This order and judgment has no precedential value and shall 

not be cited, or used by any court within the Tenth Circuit, 

except for purposes of establishing the doctrines of the law of 

the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. 10th Cir. R. 

36.3. 

** After examining the briefs and appellate record, this panel 

has determined unanimously that oral argument would not materially 

assist the determination of this appeal. See Fed. R. App. P. 

34(a); 10th Cir. R. 34.1.9. The cause therefore is ordered 

submitted without oral argument. 

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action, Kinsey argues that his burglary conviction was not a 

violent felony; consequently his sentence under§ 924(e) was 

improper. 

Section 924(e) provides that persons who violate§ 922(g) and 

previously have been convicted of three violent felonies are 

subject to a mandatory minimum prison sentence of fifteen years. 

[T]he term 'violent felony' means any crime punishable 

by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year. 

that--

(i) has as an element the use, attempted use, or 

threatened use of physical force against the person 

of another; or 

(ii) is burglary, arson, or extortion, involves the 

use of explosives, or otherwise involves conduct 

that presents a serious potential risk of physical 

injury to another. 

18 u.s.c. § 924(e)(2)(B) (emphasis supplied). Kinsey argues that, 

because the conduct underlying his 1981 burglary conviction did 

not qualify as common law burglary, it did not constitute a 

violent felony under§ 924(e)(2)(B)(ii). The Supreme Court 

rejected Kinsey's position explicitly in Taylor v. United States, 

110 S. Ct. 2143, 2155-56 (1990) holding that 

a person has been convicted of burglary for purposes of 

a§ 924(e) enhancement if he is convicted of any crime, 

regardless of its exact definition or label, having the 

basic elements of unlawful or unprivileged entry into, 

or remaining in, a building or structure, with intent to 

commit a crime. 

Id. at 2158. See also United States v. Silkwood, 893 F.2d 244, 

250 (10th Cir. 1989) (rejecting common law burglary definition for 

purposes of§ 924(e) enhancement), cert. denied, 110 S. Ct. 2562 

(1990). 

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Kinsey was convicted of burglary in Utah. Under Utah law, 

"[a] person is guilty of burglary if he enters or remains 

unlawfully in a building or any portion of a building with intent 

to commit a felony or theft or commit an assault on any person." 

Utah Code Ann.§ 76-6-202(1)(1953). Under the plain wording of 

Utah's burglary statute, Kinsey's burglary conviction constituted 

a violent felony under§ 924(e). See Taylor, 110 S. Ct. at 2158. 

Thus, Kinsey had three prior violent felony convictions at the 

time of his§ 922(g)(l) conviction. Kinsey's fifteen year 

sentence under§ 924(e) was proper and the district court 

correctly denied his motion under 28 u.s.c. § 2255. 

AFFIRMED. 

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Entered for the Court 

Bobby R. Baldock 

Circuit Judge 

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