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Timestamp: 2017-04-25 14:32:51
Document Index: 58765390

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 2255', '§ 2255', '§ 922', '§ 922', '§ 922', '§ 924', '§ 924', '§ 924', '§ 2255', '§ 2255']

DAVID WILLIAM GRAHAM, Petitioner,v.UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Respondent. Criminal No. 1:06-cr-00052-MR-DLH-1.
THIS MATTER is before the Court on an initial review of Petitioner's pro se motion to vacate, set aside or correct sentence which he filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255 [Doc. 1]. For the reasons that follow, Petitioner's § 2255 motion will be denied and dismissed.
On June 6, 2006, Petitioner was indicted by the Grand Jury in this District on two counts of being a felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). [Criminal Case No. 1:06-cr-00052, Doc. 1: Indictment]. Petitioner was appointed counsel and soon entered into a written plea agreement with the Government wherein he agreed to plead guilty to one § 922(g) offense (Count 1), and the Government agreed to dismiss the other § 922(g) count (Count 2) at sentencing. The plea agreement informed Petitioner of the minimum and maximum penalties upon conviction, which was no less than fifteen years imprisonment and no more than life imprisonment if Petitioner qualified as an armed career criminal under 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(1).[1] [Id., Doc. 10: Plea Agreement].
A U.S. Probation Officer prepared a draft of a presentence investigation report (PSR) in advance of Petitioner's sentencing hearing.[2] The PSR identified four prior state convictions in North Carolina for felony breaking or entering, which convictions were sustained in 1989 in Cleveland County Superior Court. [Id., Doc. 7: PSR ¶¶ 28-29]. The probation officer concluded that these convictions qualified as violent felonies and therefore recommended that Petitioner should be designated as an armed career criminal under § 924(e)(1). Petitioner's counsel filed objections to the draft PSR, arguing that Petitioner's prior convictions for felony breaking or entering should not be considered in determining whether he qualified as an armed career criminal because the convictions did not qualify as violent felonies under § 924(e)(1). [Id. at 21-22].
On April 5, 2007, Petitioner appeared with counsel for his sentencing hearing before the Honorable Lacy H. Thornburg. The Court overruled Petitioner's objection to the armed career criminal enhancement and sentenced Petitioner to a term of 188 months' imprisonment. [Id., Doc. 15: Judgment in a Criminal Case]. Petitioner did not file a direct appeal. Instead, on May 30, 2014, Petitioner filed the present motion to vacate.
In his § 2255 motion, Petitioner argues that he does not qualify as an armed career criminal based on the Supreme Court's decision in Descamps v. United States , 133 S.Ct. 2276 (2013). Specifically, Petitioner argues that after the decision in Descamps, his North Carolina breaking or entering convictions no longer qualify as violent felonies and therefore these convictions cannot support his designation as an armed career criminal. [Doc. 1].
The Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA) provides, in relevant part, that a one-year period of limitation shall apply to a motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255. The limitation period runs from the latest of: