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Parties Involved:
Anyanso J. Agwu
Appellant
United States
Appellee

Document Text:

United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

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No. 07-2791

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United States of America, *

*

Appellee, *

* United States District Court

v. * for the Western District

* of Missouri.

Anyanso J. Agwu, also known as *

Anyanso J. Okekeagwu, * [UNPUBLISHED]

*

Appellant. *

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Submitted: March 12, 2008

Filed: March 21, 2008

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Before MURPHY, ARNOLD, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

Anyanso Agwu pled guilty to felon in possession of a firearm and was

sentenced to 188 months in prison after being classified as an armed career criminal.

He appeals, arguing that this classification was improper because his prior drug

convictions should have been treated as a single criminal episode instead of three

separate felonies.

The Armed Career Criminal Act provides for enhanced penalties for defendants

with three prior convictions for violent felony or drug offenses which were

"committed on occasions different from one another." 18 U.S.C. § 924(e). Agwu

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The Honorable Fernando J. Gaitan, United States District Judge for the

Western District of Missouri.

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contends that because his prior offenses were committed on three successive days,

were charged in the same indictment, and resulted in concurrent sentences, they

should be treated as a single prior conviction. Agwu's argument appears to be

derived from the career offender provision in the federal sentencing guidelines,

U.S.S.G. § 4B1.1, rather than from § 4B1.4, the guideline under which he was

sentenced as an armed career offender. The critical sentencing issue under § 924(e)

is whether Agwu's prior offenses were committed on different occasions. See United

States v. Mason, 440 F.3d 1056, 1057-58 (8th Cir. 2006); United States v. Speakman,

330 F.3d 1080, 1082 (8th Cir. 2003); United States v. McDile, 914 F.2d 1059, 1061

(8th Cir. 1990). Since Agwu's offenses were each committed on a different day, the

district court1

 did not err in applying U.S.S.G. § 4B1.4 in sentencing him under the

Armed Career Criminal Act. The judgment is affirmed. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.

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