United States v. Teague

WOODCOCK, District Judge.

This appeal raises the question of whether a prior conviction for endangerment of a child under Texas law necessarily constitutes a predicate crime of violence for purposes of career offender status. Although in the circumstances of this case the district judge erred in answering this question in the affirmative, we conclude that the error was harmless and uphold the sentence. We further conclude that the Appellant did not suffer a due process violation and uphold the conviction.

I. Statement of Facts

On September 5, 1996, Trevor Royce Teague, then 19 years old, turned…