UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, — v. LARRY B. PAINTER, —
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
LOKEN, Chief Judge.
Larry Painter is a previously convicted felon who pleaded guilty to firearm possession offenses in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1) and (3). The district court 1 found that Painter had three prior violent felony convictions and imposed the minimum fifteen-year prison sentence mandated by 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(1). Painter appeals, arguing that the court erred in ruling that a prior California burglary conviction was -a violent felony as defined in 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(2)(B). We conclude that the -district court properly imposed the mandatory minimum fifteen-year sentence. This…
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