Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Sonya Yvette McCOY, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2008-01-14
Citations: 261 F. App'x 737
Docket Number: No. 06-20817
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Sonya Yvette McCOY, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before KING, DAVIS, and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 261
Pages: 737–738

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Sonya Yvette McCOY, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 06-20817
Summary Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Jan. 14, 2008.
James Lee Turner, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office Southern District of Texas, Houston, TX, for PlaintiffAppellee.
Marjorie A. Meyers, Federal Public Defender, Federal Public Defender’s Office Southern District of Texas, Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before KING, DAVIS, and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Sonya Yvette McCoy appeals the sentence imposed following her guilty plea to being a felon in possession of a firearm and moves to supplement the record with state court documents concerning her pri- or Texas convictions for delivery of a controlled substance. She argues that the district court plainly erred in determining that she had two prior Texas convictions that qualified as "controlled substance offenses" for purposes of a U.S.S.G. § 2K2.1(a)(2) base offense level enhancement.
According to the appellate record, McCoy was convicted in 2003 for possession with intent to deliver cocaine pursuant to Tex. Health & Safety Code Ann. § 481.112(a). This conviction qualifies as a "controlled substance offense" under § 2K2.1. See United States v. Ford, 509 F.3d 714, 714-15 (5th Cir.2007). The record additionally discloses that in 2000 McCoy was charged by bill of information with delivery of a controlled substance, also a violation of § 481.112(a), with the judgment reflecting that she pleaded guilty to delivery by actual transfer. The judgment therefore confirms that her con viction was for activity that constituted a controlled substance offense under § 2K2.1(a)(2). Cf. United States v. Gonzales, 484 F.3d 712, 714 (5th Cir.) (holding that inspection of indictment and jury instructions confirmed that the defendant's § 481.112(a) conviction may have been for activity that did not constitute a "drug trafficking offense," i.e., activity constituting an offer to sell), cert. denied, — U.S. -, 127 S.Ct. 3031, 168 L.Ed.2d 748 (2007); United States v. Morales-Martinez, 496 F.3d 356, 360-61 (5th Cir.) (holding that an undifferentiated guilty plea to an indictment charging the § 481.112(a) offense in the conjunctive did not necessitate a finding that the defendant committed a "drug trafficking offense" because it was unclear whether the defendant pleaded guilty to transfer of cocaine or the offer to sell cocaine), cert. denied, — U.S. -, 128 S.Ct. 410, 169 L.Ed.2d 287 (2007). As such, McCoy has not demonstrated plain error on the part of the district court in calculating her base offense level pursuant to § 2K2.1(a)(2). See United States v. Mares, 402 F.3d 511, 520 (5th Cir.2005).
AFFIRMED; MOTION TO SUPPLEMENT THE RECORD AND LEAVE TO SUPPLEMENT RECORD EXCERPTS GRANTED.
Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.