Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Gregory Allen BLUE, a.k.a. Blue, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2015-06-30
Citations: 604 F. App'x 922
Docket Number: No. 14-12664
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Gregory Allen BLUE, a.k.a. Blue, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before HULL, ROSENBAUM, and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 604
Pages: 922–923

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Gregory Allen BLUE, a.k.a. Blue, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 14-12664
Non-Argument Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.
June 30, 2015.
Phillip Drew Dirosa, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Fort Lauderdale, FL, Roy K. Altman, Wifredo A. Ferrer, Jonathan E. Kobrinski, Kathleen Mary Salyer, Emily M. Smachet-ti, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Miami, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Emmanuel Perez, Emmanuel Perez & Associates, PA, Coral Gables, FL, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before HULL, ROSENBAUM, and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Gregory Allen Blue appeals his sentence of 102 months' imprisonment, imposed below the advisory guidelines range, after pleading guilty to one count of possessing with intent to distribute heroin and crack cocaine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1). On appeal, Blue argues that he was improperly sentenced as a career offender under U.S.S.G. § 4Bl.l(a) because his two prior convictions under section 893.13(1) of the Florida Statutes were not "controlled substance offenses" within the meaning of the career offender provision. Blue argues that a prior conviction can only be a "controlled substance offense" if it is "substantially similar" to the federal drug trafficking definition. Unlike federal law, his convictions under section 893.13(1) did not have a mens rea element, so they could not be "controlled substance offenses."
We review de novo the district court's decision to classify a defendant as a career offender under U.S.S.G. § 4B1.1. United States v. Gibson, 434 F.3d 1234, 1243 (11th Cir.2006). A prior panel's holding is binding on all subsequent panels unless and until it is overruled or undermined to the point of abrogation by the Supreme Court or by this Court sitting en banc. United States v. Archer, 531 F.3d 1347, 1352 (11th Cir.2008).
A defendant is a career offender if, among other things, he has at least two prior felony convictions for a controlled substance offense. U.S.S.G. § 4Bl.l(a). A "controlled substance offense"
means an offense under federal or state law, punishable by imprisonment for a-term exceeding one year, that prohibits the manufacture, import, export, distribution, or dispensing of a controlled substance (or a counterfeit substance) or the possession of a controlled substance (or a counterfeit substance) with intent to manufacture, import, export, distribute, or dispense.
Id. § 4B1.2(b).
Florida law punishes the sale, manufacture, delivery, or possession with intent to sell, manufacture, or deliver, of cocaine as a second-degree felony. See Fla. Stat. § 893.13(l)(a)(l). Doing the same within 1000 feet of a school is a first-degree felony, and doing .the same with marijuana within 1000 feet of a school is a second-degree felony. See id. § 893.13(l)(e)(l)-(2). First-degree felonies are punishable by up to 30 years' imprisonment, id. § 775.082(3)(b)(l); second-degree felonies are punishable by up to 15 years' imprisonment, id. § 775.082(3)(d).
We have previously determined that a conviction under section 893.13(1) is a "controlled substance offense" under § 4B1.2(b) in United States v. Smith, 775 F.3d 1262, 1267-68 (2014).
As Blue recognizes, his arguments are foreclosed by Smith. Here, Blue was properly sentenced as a career offender because his prior marijuana and cocaine convictions were offenses under state law, punishable by a term of imprisonment exceeding one year,-and concerned the distribution or dispensing, or possession with intent to distribute or dispense, of a controlled substance. See Smith, 775 F.3d at 1267-68; see also U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2(b). We affirm.
AFFIRMED.