Filed: Sep. 03, 1997
Latest Update: Mar. 02, 2020
Summary: United States Court of Appeals FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT _ No. 97-2162 _ United States of America, * * Appellee, * * Appeal from the United States v. * District Court for the * Eastern District of Arkansas. Tommy Dale Christopher, * [UNPUBLISHED] * Appellant. * _ Submitted: August 22, 1997 Filed: September 3, 1997 _ Before FAGG, BOWMAN, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges. _ PER CURIAM. Tommy Dale Christopher appeals the 75-month sentence imposed by the district court1 after he pleaded guilty to transmittin
Summary: United States Court of Appeals FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT _ No. 97-2162 _ United States of America, * * Appellee, * * Appeal from the United States v. * District Court for the * Eastern District of Arkansas. Tommy Dale Christopher, * [UNPUBLISHED] * Appellant. * _ Submitted: August 22, 1997 Filed: September 3, 1997 _ Before FAGG, BOWMAN, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges. _ PER CURIAM. Tommy Dale Christopher appeals the 75-month sentence imposed by the district court1 after he pleaded guilty to transmitting..
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United States Court of Appeals
FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT
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No. 97-2162
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United States of America, *
*
Appellee, *
* Appeal from the United States
v. * District Court for the
* Eastern District of Arkansas.
Tommy Dale Christopher, * [UNPUBLISHED]
*
Appellant. *
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Submitted: August 22, 1997
Filed: September 3, 1997
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Before FAGG, BOWMAN, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.
Tommy Dale Christopher appeals the 75-month sentence imposed by the district
court1 after he pleaded guilty to transmitting in interstate commerce a communication
containing a threat to injure, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 875(b). We affirm.
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The Honorable George Howard, Jr., United States District Judge for the Eastern
District of Arkansas.
The sole issue on appeal is whether Christopher&s 1994 California conviction for
second-degree burglary of a commercial building constituted a “crime of violence”
within the meaning of U.S. Sentencing Guidelines Manual § 4B1.2(1) (1995) (defining
“crime of violence” to include crimes involving “conduct that presents a serious
potential risk of physical injury to another”), thereby qualifying Christopher for a
career-offender enhancement under U.S. Sentencing Guidelines Manual § 4B1.1
(1995). As Christopher concedes, in United States v. Hascall,
76 F.3d 902, 904-05
(8th Cir.), cert. denied,
117 S. Ct. 358 (1996), we determined that second-degree
burglaries of commercial buildings involve conduct that presents a serious potential risk
of physical injury to another.
Accordingly, we affirm.
A true copy.
Attest:
CLERK, U.S. COURT OF APPEALS, EIGHTH CIRCUIT.
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