Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Robert TAYLOR, Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2008-11-19
Citations: 299 F. App'x 614
Docket Number: No. 08-1206
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Robert TAYLOR, Appellant.
Judges: Before MURPHY, BYE, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 299
Pages: 614–615

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Robert TAYLOR, Appellant.
No. 08-1206.
United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.
Submitted: June 11, 2008.
Filed: Nov. 19, 2008.
Patrick T. Judge, Dean John Sauer, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Missouri, St. Louis, MO, for Appellee.
Felicia Annette Jones, Assistant, Federal Public Defender’s Office, St. Louis, MO, for Appellant.
Robert Taylor, St. Louis, MO, pro se.
Before MURPHY, BYE, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Robert Taylor pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). He was sentenced to 180 months of imprisonment as an Armed Career Criminal under 18 U.S.C. § 924(e) after the district court determined he had three prior violent felonies, one for committing the Missouri offense of tampering in violation of Mo.Rev. Stat. § 569.080. On appeal, Taylor challenges his sentence contending his prior conviction for tampering was not a violent felony under the Armed Career Criminal Act.
We recently held the Missouri crime of tampering does not qualify as a "crime of violence" for purposes of U.S. Sentencing Guideline § 2K2.1(a)(2), United States v. Williams, 537 F.3d 969, 974-75 (8th Cir. 2008), a term we recognize as synonymous with the term "violent felony" for purposes of the Armed Career Criminal Act, see United States v. Johnson, 417 F.3d 990, 996 (8th Cir.2005) ("The statutory definition of 'violent felony' is viewed as inter changeable with the guidelines definition of 'crime of violence.' ").
Based on the holding in Williams, we reverse Taylor's sentence and remand this case to the district court for resentencing.