Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. James Blake McFARLIN, Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2009-01-12
Citations: 306 F. App'x 342
Docket Number: No. 08-1003
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. James Blake McFARLIN, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 306
Pages: 342–343

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. James Blake McFARLIN, Appellant.
No. 08-1003.
United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.
Submitted: Dec. 19, 2008.
Filed: Jan. 12, 2009.
Anne E. Gardner, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Little Rock, AR, for Appellee.
William Owen James, Jr., Oklahoma City, OK, for Appellant.
Before MELLOY, COLLOTON, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
James Blake McFarlin appeals the 188-month prison sentence that the district court imposed following his guilty plea to possessing with intent to distribute methamphetamine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(B). For reversal, McFarlin argues that the district court improperly sentenced him as a career offender, because his prior Arkansas conviction for burglarizing a pharmacy, barber shop, and beauty shop should not have been classified as a "crime of violence" for purposes of triggering career-offender status. See U.S.S.G. § 4B1.1 (defining career offender); 4B1.2(a) (defining "crime of violence"). As McFarlin acknowledges, we have repeatedly held that commercial burglary is a "crime of violence" within the meaning of section 4B1.2. See United States v. Bell, 445 F.3d 1086, 1087-88 (8th Cir.2006); United States v. Blahowski, 324 F.3d 592, 595 (8th Cir.2003).
Accordingly, we affirm.
. The Honorable James M. Moody, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas.