Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Chadney STANBACK, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2011-09-27
Citations: 447 F. App'x 460
Docket Number: No. 10-5065
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Chadney STANBACK, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before WILKINSON, MOTZ, and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 447
Pages: 460–462

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Chadney STANBACK, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 10-5065.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: Sept. 15, 2011.
Decided: Sept. 27, 2011.
Mary Lou Newberger, Federal Public Defender, Jonathan Appellate Counsel, Lex A. Coleman, Assistant Feder Defender, Charleston, West Virginia, for Appellant. Goodwin II, United States Attorney, Miller Bushong, D. Byrne, al Public R. Booth Assistant United States Attorney, Beckley, West Virginia, for Appellee.
Before WILKINSON, MOTZ, and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
Affirmed in part, vacated in part, and remanded by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Chadney Stanback appeals his ninety-six month sentence for possession with intent to distribute a quantity of cocaine base in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) (2006). Stanback argues that his sentence was proeedurally unreasonable because the district court erred in calculating his Guidelines sentence by finding that he was a career offender under U.S. Sentencing Guidelines Manual ("USSG") § 4Bl.l(a) (2009). A sentence is proeedurally unreasonable if the district court improperly calculated the offender's Guidelines range of imprisonment. United States v. Boulware, 604 F.3d 832, 837-38 (4th Cir.2010).
Stanback claims that he was not a career offender for purposes of USSG § 4Bl.l(a) because he did not possess two prior felony convictions of either a crime of violence or a controlled substance offense. Predicate convictions for career offender status only encompass offenses punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year. USSG § 4B1.2(a), (b). Stanback claims that the district court erred in treating his 2009 North Carolina state conviction for possession with intent to sell cocaine as a predicate conviction.
We conclude that, under North Carolina's structured sentencing regime and in light of Stanback's criminal history, he could not have received a custodial sentence of more than one year for his 2009 cocaine offense. When Stanback raised this argument in the district court, it was foreclosed by our decision in United States v. Harp, 406 F.3d 242 (4th Cir.2005). Subsequently, however, we overruled Harp with our en banc decision in United States v. Simmons, 649 F.3d 237 (4th Cir.2011) (en banc). Pursuant to the dictates of Simmons, we sustain Stanback's objection here.
Accordingly, the district court's judgment is affirmed as to the conviction, vacated as to the sentence, and the case is remanded for resentencing. We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before the court and argument would not aid in the decisional process.
AFFIRMED IN PART, VACATED IN PART, AND REMANDED.