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Parties Involved:
United States of America
Appellee
Corey D. Williams
Appellant

Document Text:

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The Honorable E. Richard Webber, United States District Judge for the Eastern

District of Missouri.

United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

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No. 05-1542

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United States of America, *

*

Appellee, *

* Appeal from the United States

v. * District Court for the

* Eastern District of Missouri.

Corey D. Williams, *

* [UNPUBLISHED]

Appellant. *

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Submitted: February 7, 2006

Filed: February 14, 2006

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Before ARNOLD, BYE, and SMITH, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

Corey D. Williams appeals the sentence imposed upon his guilty plea to

possessing cocaine and to being a felon in possession of a firearm. For reversal

Mr. Williams argues that the district court1

 erroneously determined his base offense

level pursuant to U.S.S.G. § 2K2.1(a)(2) (felon in possession of firearm where prior

felonies include at least two convictions for either crime of violence or controlled

substance). In particular, Mr. Williams argues that stealing a motor vehicle, for which

he has a prior state felony conviction, is not a crime of violence. Setting aside the

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issue whether Mr. Williams properly preserved his objection, we conclude his

argument is foreclosed by circuit precedent, see United States v. Barbour, 395 F.3d

826, 827-28 (8th Cir.), cert. denied, 126 S. Ct. 133 (2005); United States v. Sprouse,

394 F.3d 578, 580-81 (8th Cir. 2005); United States v. Sun Bear, 307 F.3d 747, 752-

53 (8th Cir. 2002), cert. denied, 539 U.S. 916 (2003), and we decline Mr. Williams’s

invitation to reconsider Sprouse and Sun Bear: only the court sitting en banc may do

so, see United States v. Wright, 22 F.3d 787, 788 (8th Cir. 1994). Accordingly, we

affirm. 

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