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United States v. Fredrick Cain
701 F. App'x 367
| 5th Cir. | 2017
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*1 Before JONES, SMITH, and PRADO, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

Fredrick Cain appeals his sentence in regard to the treatment of his conviction under T EALTH AFETY C § 481.112(a) as a “serious drug offense” for purposes of an enhancement under the Armed Career Criminal Act (“ACCA”). Finding his argument foreclosed by circuit precedent, we affirm.

I.

Cain pleaded guilty of possession of a firearm after a felony conviction (Count I) and possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute (Count II). The presentence report (“PSR”) identified three Texas drug convic- tions for possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance, T EALTH AFETY § 481.112(a), triggering enhancements under 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(2)(A)(ii). The district court overruled Cain’s objection and sentenced him, within the enhanced range, to 192 months for Count I with a concurrent 36 months for Count II.

II.

The district court did not err in ruling that Cain’s convictions were serious drug offenses. A conviction under Section 481.112(a) qualifies for the ACCA enhancement under § 924(e). Cain acknowledges that binding circuit precedent forecloses his position but contends that United States v. Johnson , 135 S. Ct. 2251 (2015), and Torres v. Lynch , 136 S. Ct. 1619 (2016), undermine that precedent. We disagree.

Johnson addressed the residual clause under the violent-felonies portion of the ACCA, which Winbush and Vickers distinguished from the serious-drug- offense portion. Torres ’s discussion of how to define “described” in the Immi- gration and Nationality Act does not undermine ’s and ’s dis- cussions of the word “involving” in the ACCA. Those decisions based the inter- pretation of § 924(e) on an analysis of Taylor v. United States , 495 U.S. 575 (1990), and the statutory context of the ACCA.

Because no Supreme Court decisions “expressly or implicitly” overrule or , we AFFIRM.

[*] Pursuant to 5 TH C IR . R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5 TH IR . R. 47.5.4.

[1] The PSR listed four convictions as qualifying under the ACCA, but the government conceded at sentencing that the fourth did not support an ACCA sentence.

[2] See United States v. Vickers , 540 F.3d 356 (5th Cir. 2008); United States v. Winbush , 407 F.3d 703 (5th Cir. 2005).

[3] See Vickers , 540 F.3d at 365; Winbush , 407 F.3d at 707–08 (citing United States v. King , 325 F.3d 110 (2d Cir. 2003)).

[4] United States v. Tanksley , 848 F.3d 347, 350 (5th Cir. 2017) (internal quotation omitted).

Case Details

Case Name: United States v. Fredrick Cain
Court Name: Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Date Published: Nov 10, 2017
Citation: 701 F. App'x 367
Docket Number: 16-11601
Court Abbreviation: 5th Cir.
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