Court Opinion

ID: 9497350
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-05 16:49:13.553816+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:58:08.683282
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BRIGHT, Circuit Judge,
concurring.
Based on this circuit’s precedent, I concur in the majority’s affirmance of Mohr’s sentence. I also join in Judge Heaney’s concurrence and his objections to the rule in this circuit making any burglary a “crime of violence” for the purposes of the career offender enhancement under the sentencing guidelines. In addition, I write separately to reemphasize my views on this issue as stated in my dissent in United States v. Blahowski, 324 F.3d 592, 598-99 (8th Cir.2003) (Bright, J., dissenting).
The United States Supreme Court may wish to review the issue of whether the burglary of a commercial building categorically meets the definition of a crime of violence for the purposes of the career offender enhancement. Mohr may wish to *864file an appropriate petition seeking a resolution of the circuit split in the law on this issue.