Opinion ID: 4239934
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Heading: Original Conviction and Sentencing

Text: In July 2012, a grand jury indicted White on one count of possession with intent to distribute 28 grams or more of cocaine base, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and (b)(1)(B)(iii) (Count 1), one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1), 924(a)(2), and 924(e)(1) (Count 2), and one count of possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) (Count 3). White later pled guilty to Counts 1 and 2 of the indictment, and the district court dismissed Count 3 at the government’s request. At the time of White’s plea and original sentencing proceeding, both parties and the district court agreed that White was an armed career criminal subject to the ACCA’s 15-year mandatory minimum sentence. In determining that White was an armed career criminal, the presentence report (“PSR”) listed the following five Florida convictions: 2 Case: 17-11360 Date Filed: 01/29/2018 Page: 3 of 12 (a) Unlawful Sale, Manufacture or Delivery of a Controlled Substance within 1000 Feet [o]f a Church, Volusia County Circuit Court, Case No. 01CF-30133, a felony controlled substance offense, sentenced on June 9, 2003; (b) Unlawful Sale/Delivery of a Controlled Substance (Two Counts), Volusia County Circuit Court, Case No. 01CF-35118, a felony controlled substance offense, sentenced on June 9, 2003; (c) Possession of Cocaine and Flee/Attempt to Elude an[] Officer Volusia County Circuit Court, Case No. 04CF-37692, a felony crime of violence, sentenced on May 11, 2005; (d) Resisting Arrest with Violence, Volusia County Circuit Court, Case No. 08CF-31971, a felony crime of violence, sentenced on September 21, 2010; and (e) Flee/Attempt to Elude, Volusia County Circuit Court, Case No. 10CF-30751, a felony crime of violence, sentenced on September 21, 2010. 1 The district court sentenced White to the mandatory minimum (180 months), and White did not file a direct appeal.