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Parties Involved:
United States of America
Appellee
Eric Clark Webster
Appellant

Document Text:

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This case is before us a second time. In United States v. Webster, 442 F.3d

1065, 1069 (8th Cir.), cert. denied, 127 S. Ct. 200 (2006), we affirmed Webster's

conviction but vacated his sentence, remanding the case for resentencing in light of

United States v. McCall, 439 F.3d 967, 972 (8th Cir. 2006) (en banc) (holding that

driving while intoxicated is a violent felony under the Armed Career Criminal Act of

1984).

United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

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No. 07-1274

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United States of America, *

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Appellee, * Appeal from the United States

* District Court for the 

v. * Southern District of Iowa.

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Eric Clark Webster, *

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Appellant. *

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Submitted: November 13, 2007

Filed: May 8, 2008

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Before RILEY, BOWMAN, and SMITH, Circuit Judges.

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BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.

Eric Clark Webster was convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm

in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). At resentencing,1

 the District Court determined

that Webster was subject to an enhanced penalty under the Armed Career Criminal

Act of 1984 (ACCA), 18 U.S.C. § 924(e), because he had four prior convictions for

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violent felonies or serious drug offenses. See 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(1) (imposing a

fifteen-year mandatory minimum sentence when a defendant has three previous

convictions for "a violent felony or a serious drug offense, or both"). In applying the

ACCA, the District Court considered two Iowa convictions for operating a motor

vehicle while intoxicated (OWI). This application was consistent with United States

v. McCall, 439 F.3d 967, 972 (8th Cir. 2006) (en banc), in which we held that driving

while intoxicated was a violent felony under the ACCA. Because Webster was

deemed an armed career criminal, his base offense level under the sentencing

guidelines increased from 28 to 34, see U.S.S.G. § 4B1.4, and the District Court

resentenced him to 229 months' imprisonment. After the District Court resentenced

Webster, however, the Supreme Court decided Begay v. United States, 128 S. Ct.

1581 (2008). In Begay, the Court held that the crime of driving under the influence

of alcohol is not a violent felony under the ACCA. Id. at 1583. In light of Begay,

McCall is no longer good law on this point, and Webster's two prior felony

convictions for OWI must not be considered in applying the ACCA. We therefore

reverse the sentencing judgment of the District Court and remand the case for

resentencing a second time. 

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