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Parties Involved:
Rusty Eugene McCoy
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

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The Honorable Richard E. Dorr, United States District Judge for the Western

District of Missouri.

United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

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No. 06-1338

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United States of America, *

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Appellee, *

* Appeal from the United States

v. * District Court for the

Western District of Missouri.

Rusty Eugene McCoy, *

* [UNPUBLISHED]

Appellant. *

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Submitted: February 5, 2007

 Filed: February 5, 2007

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Before RILEY, MAGILL, and MELLOY, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

Rusty McCoy pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm, in

violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2). Finding that McCoy was an armed

career criminal, the district court1

 sentenced him to the statutory minimum of 15 years

in prison. See 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(1); U.S.S.G. § 4B1.4. On appeal, McCoy

challenges one of the predicate offenses underlying his armed-career-criminal status,

arguing that aiding and abetting felony theft of a vehicle in violation of Kansas law

should not automatically be deemed a “violent felony.” See 18 U.S.C.

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§ 924(e)(2)(B)(ii) (defining “violent felony” as a crime that is punishable by more

than one year in prison and “otherwise involves conduct that presents a serious

potential risk of physical injury to another”). Reviewing de novo, see United States

v. Mincks, 409 F.3d 898, 900 (8th Cir. 2005), cert. denied, 126 S. Ct. 1345 (2006), we

conclude that McCoy’s challenge is unavailing. See United States v. Barbour, 395

F.3d 826, 827-28 (8th Cir.) (under controlling precedent, Kansas vehicle theft is

violent felony within meaning of § 924(e)), cert. denied, 126 S. Ct. 133 (2005).

Accordingly, we affirm.

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