Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Kevin Lamar SMITH, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2016-09-06
Citations: 668 F. App'x 653
Docket Number: No. 15-3033
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Kevin Lamar SMITH, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before ILANA DIAMOND ROVNER, Circuit Judge, DIANE S. SYKES, Circuit Judge, DAVID F. HAMILTON, Circuit Judge
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 668
Pages: 653–654

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Kevin Lamar SMITH, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 15-3033
United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.
Argued May 24, 2016
Decided September 6, 2016
James Inman Pearce, Attorney, Department of Justice, Criminal Division, Washington, DC, Ali M. Summers, Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Criminal Division, Fairview Heights, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
LaToya M. Berry, Attorney, Law Offices of LaToya M. Berry, Belleville, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before ILANA DIAMOND ROVNER, Circuit Judge, DIANE S. SYKES, Circuit Judge, DAVID F. HAMILTON, Circuit Judge

Opinion:
ORDER
On February 20, 2015, Kevin Lamar Smith pled guilty to being a felon in possession of a weapon. He and the government disagreed as to whether he had three prior convictions that met the criteria for triggering an enhanced sentence under the Federal Armed Career Criminal Act. Under the Act, a court must impose a sentence of fifteen years on any defendant who is a felon in possession of a weapon, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g), and has three or more previous convictions for a "violent felony" or a "serious drug offense." 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(1). Smith contends that one of his prior convictions, for burglary under Missouri law, does not qualify as a violent felony under the Act.
On June 23, 2016, the Supreme Court issued a decision in Mathis v. United States, — U.S. -, 136 S.Ct. 2243, 195 L.Ed.2d 604 (2016), which clarified the manner in which a sentencing court determines whether a defendant's prior conviction qualifies as a violent felony for pur poses of the enhanced sentence. In light of Mathis, the government now concedes that it is unable to demonstrate that Smith's conviction for second-degree Missouri Burglary qualifies as a predicate felony under the Act. We therefore VACATE Smith's sentence and REMAND for re-sentencing.