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Parties Involved:
Bradford Lazarski
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

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The Honorable James M. Moody, United States District Judge for the Eastern

District of Arkansas.

United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

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No. 05-1081

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United States of America, *

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Appellee, * Appeal from the United States

* District Court for the Eastern

v. * District of Arkansas.

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Bradford Lazarski, * [UNPUBLISHED]

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Appellant. *

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Submitted: December 27, 2005

Filed: January 5, 2006

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Before ARNOLD, FAGG, and SMITH, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

Bradford Lazarski appeals the sentence imposed after Lazarski pleaded guilty

to being a felon in possession of a firearm. Lazarski argues the district court*

erroneously sentenced him as an armed career criminal, because two of the earlier

felony convictions upon which his armed-career-criminal classification was based

were not violent felonies. Having carefully reviewed the record, we conclude the

district court correctly determined the felony convictions in questions were violent

felonies within the meaning of the relevant statute. See 18 U.S.C. § 924(e); United

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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). Accordingly,

we affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.

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