Opinion ID: 186964
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Heading: Plea Agreement Claim

Text: 21 Williams's Plea Agreement states that the Government will not seek an upward departure from the otherwise applicable guideline range established by the Sentencing Guidelines and that [Williams] will be subject to the career offender provisions of the Sentencing Guidelines. Plea Agreement, supra, at 2. Williams argues that the Government breached the Plea Agreement by informing the probation office that it appears that [Williams] should be classified as an armed career offender pursuant to U.S.S.G. § 4B1.4 and 18 U.S.C. 924(e). Francis Letter, supra (emphasis added). In other words, Williams contends that the Government agreed to recommend a sentence under U.S.S.G. § 4B1.1, the Career Offender guideline, 7 and breached that agreement by asserting that Williams should instead be sentenced pursuant to section 924(e) and U.S.S.G. § 4B1.4, the Armed Career Criminal guideline. 8 22 We need not address the Government's alleged breach of the Plea Agreement in view of our holding that the district court was statutorily required to sentence Williams to a mandatory minimum of 15 years' imprisonment. 9 That is, Williams pleaded guilty to a violation of section 922(g) and he had been convicted of three prior serious drug offense[s]. See 18 U.S.C. § 924(e). Consequently, a remand to the district court for resentencing would not result in a sentence more favorable to Williams. 10 23 For the foregoing reasons, the judgment of the district court is affirmed. 24 So ordered.