Opinion ID: 1354452
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Heading: Burglary and Terroristic Threatening

Text: We begin by noting that the district court properly found that Boaz had been convicted of the following felonies: burglary, terroristic threatening, and conspiracy to commit theft of a motor vehicle. The district court also properly determined that two of these prior convictions were for violent felonies. Boaz's conviction for burglary of a structure was a violent felony. See 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(2)(B)(ii); Taylor v. United States, 495 U.S. 575, 599, 110 S.Ct. 2143, 109 L.Ed.2d 607 (1990) (stating that a defendant has been convicted of burglary for § 924(e) purposes if the crime involves an unlawful or unprivileged entry into, or remaining in, a building or structure, with intent to commit a crime). Boaz's conviction for terroristic threatening was also a violent felony. The underlying state statute defines two separate offenses: threats of death or serious bodily injury and threats to property. Applying the modified categorical approach as discussed in United States v. Williams, 537 F.3d 969, 972-73 (8th Cir.2008), a review of permissible materials shows Boaz pleaded guilty to threatening to kill a woman. This prior offense is a qualifying predicate for § 924(e) because it has as an element the... threatened use of physical force against the person of another. 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(2)(B)(i); cf. Parker v. Norris, 64 F.3d 1178, 1186 (8th Cir.1995) (stating that the Arkansas Supreme Court upheld a jury's finding that terroristic threatening was a violent felony under state law for the purposes of a statutory aggravating circumstance in a capital murder case).