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Parties Involved:
Brandon Orlando Brown
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

UNPUBLISHED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Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.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Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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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 as an armed career criminal to 180 months in 

prison. He appeals, arguing that his five convictions for 

second degree burglary under S.C. Code Ann. § 16-11-312(A) do 

not qualify as predicate felonies for armed career criminal 

status. 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.” United States v. Ruhe, 191 

F.3d 376, 388 (4th Cir. 1999). 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

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