PER CURIAM.
Gabriel Z. Kershaw appeals his 120-month sentence for distribution of cocaine and crack cocaine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(C) (2012). He contends that the district court erroneously sentenced him as a career offender under
In order to be classified as a career offender under § 4B1.1, a defendant must have sustained "at least two prior felony convictions of either a crime of violence or a controlled substance offense." USSG § 4B1.1(a). A controlled substance offense is "an offense under federal or state law, punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year, that prohibits the manufacture, import, export, distribution, or dispensing of a controlled substance . . . or the possession of a controlled substance . . . with intent to manufacture, import, export, distribute, or dispense. USSG § 4B1.2(b).
United States v. Dozier, 848 F.3d 180, 183 (4th Cir. 2017) (internal citations and quotation marks omitted). Where, however, the state statute is divisible, we apply the modified categorical approach. Mathis v. United States, 136 S.Ct. 2243, 2249 (2016). A statute is divisible if it "list[s] elements in the alternative, and thereby define[s] multiple crimes." Id. A statute is not divisible, by contrast, if it "enumerates various factual means of committing a single element." Id. Under the modified categorical approach, "a sentencing court looks to a limited class of [Shepard
Section 44-53-370(a)(1) makes it unlawful "to manufacture, distribute, dispense, deliver, purchase, aid, abet, attempt, or conspire to manufacture, distribute, dispense, deliver, or purchase, or possess with the intent to manufacture, distribute, dispense, deliver, or purchase a controlled substance," and subsection (b)(2) establishes penalties for violations of subsection (a)(1) with respect to marijuana. Kershaw contends that the statute is categorically overbroad because it covers the purchase of controlled substances. The district court concluded that this statute is divisible and, applying the modified categorical approach, that Kershaw's South Carolina sentencing sheet established that his conviction was for manufacturing or distributing marijuana.
We review de novo a district court's determination that a defendant's prior conviction qualifies as a career offender predicate. United States v. Furlow, 928 F.3d 311, 317 (4th Cir. 2019). We recently held that an "almost identical South Carolina drug statute" was divisible.
We decline Kershaw's request to revisit our recent decision in Marshall and agree with the district court that § 44-53-370(b)(2) is divisible and amenable to the modified categorical approach. Kershaw contends that, even under the modified categorical approach, his marijuana conviction does not qualify as a career offender predicate. Specifically, he asserts that, even though his sentencing sheet describes his conviction as possession with intent to distribute marijuana, that description is not reliable because, due to the coding system used by the state courts, that description is merely a restatement of the overbroad statutory subsection. We have thoroughly reviewed the record and conclude that the district court did not err by relying on Kershaw's sentencing sheet in qualifying his marijuana conviction as a predicate controlled substance offense. We therefore affirm the district court's judgment.
We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before this court and argument would not aid the decisional process.
AFFIRMED