PER CURIAM:
Jeremel Remymartin Smith appeals his conviction for being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). After careful review, we affirm.
On the night of December 18, 2015, City of Miami Police Officers DeWitt and Bernal were dispatched to a house to respond to a domestic dispute. When they arrived, the officers saw a man standing next to a parked car outside of the house. Upon seeing the police officers, the man ran inside the house. Officer Bernal went after him. Meanwhile, Officer DeWitt approached the parked car after hearing "loud music" coming from inside of it.
Officer DeWitt saw that someone was inside the car using a cell phone. It was Smith. Because the car's side windows were tinted, Officer DeWitt walked in front of the car in order to see through the untinted windshield. He then saw Smith was sitting next to an open beer and a gun, both of which were resting on the car's center console. After seeing the gun in the car with Smith, Officer DeWitt drew his own gun and yelled for Officer Bernal to join him. Officer Bernal knocked on the car's window in order to get Smith's attention, and ordered him to step out of the car with his hands up. Smith, apparently, had not realized the officers were there. The knock on the window startled him, but he immediately regained his composure and put his hands up, stepped out of the car, and placed his hands on the car's roof. Officer Bernal then patted Smith down and found a holster in his waistband. The officers arrested Smith after determining he was a convicted felon and read him his
Smith was charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). The jury convicted him after a two-day trial. During deliberations, the jury sent the district court a note asking for clarification on what "actual possession" meant and if it required Smith to have actually held the gun. Both parties had earlier agreed to the Eleventh Circuit Pattern Instruction on possessing a firearm, which explains several types of possession including actual possession, constructive possession, sole possession, and joint possession. Neither party objected after the court read that instruction. After receiving the jury's note, both parties agreed the jury must rely on the given instruction. After they agreed, the district court responded to the jury, saying: "Please rely on the jury instructions that you have a copy of."
The Presentence Investigation Report ("PSR") recommended a guidelines range of 100 to 125 months. Smith made a number of objections to the PSR, including the argument that his earlier Florida robbery conviction for purse snatching did not qualify as a "crime of violence" for the purposes of United States Sentencing Guidelines ("USSG") § 2K2.1(a)(2). The district court overruled Smith's objection but agreed that the PSR "overrepresent[ed]" his criminal history. The district court therefore calculated his guideline range using Category V instead of Category VI, resulting in a range of 92 to 115 months imprisonment. The court sentenced Smith to 100-months imprisonment. This appeal followed.
Smith first argues the district court erred in giving the jury an instruction about "actual possession" because, on the facts of this case, it was not possible for him to have actually possessed the gun found in the car. Ordinarily, we review
Smith also objects to the categorization of his earlier Florida robbery conviction as a "crime of violence" under USSG § 2K2.1(a)(2). He concedes this Court's precedent in