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Summary: REVISED July 28, 2016 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT No. 14-51250 Summary Calendar UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee v. QUENTIN LAVELLE JEFFRIES, Defendant-Appellant Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas _ ON PETITION FOR PANEL REHEARING (Opinion May 13, 2016, 5 Cir., _, _ F.3d _) Before REAVLEY, SMITH, and HAYNES, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM: Treating the petition for rehearing en banc as a petition for panel rehear
Summary: REVISED July 28, 2016 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT No. 14-51250 Summary Calendar UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee v. QUENTIN LAVELLE JEFFRIES, Defendant-Appellant Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas _ ON PETITION FOR PANEL REHEARING (Opinion May 13, 2016, 5 Cir., _, _ F.3d _) Before REAVLEY, SMITH, and HAYNES, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM: Treating the petition for rehearing en banc as a petition for panel reheari..
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REVISED July 28, 2016
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
No. 14-51250
Summary Calendar
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff-Appellee
v.
QUENTIN LAVELLE JEFFRIES,
Defendant-Appellant
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Western District of Texas
_______________________
ON PETITION FOR PANEL REHEARING
(Opinion May 13, 2016, 5 Cir., __________, ____________ F.3d _________)
Before REAVLEY, SMITH, and HAYNES, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:
Treating the petition for rehearing en banc as a petition for panel
rehearing, we DENY the petition for panel rehearing and note the following:
1. Since the filing of Jeffries’ petition for rehearing en banc, our court
has ruled that the Supreme Court has not applied Johnson v. United
States, 576 U.S. ___,
135 S. Ct. 2551 (2015) to the career offender
sentencing guidelines definition in United States Sentencing
No. 14-51250
Guideline § 4B1.2(a)(2). In re Arnick,
2016 U.S. App. LEXIS 11030
*2 (5th Cir. Jun. 17, 2016).
2. Even assuming arguendo that Johnson does apply to the residual
clause of USSG § 4B1.2(a)(2), nowhere in his belated briefing to our
court last year, his petition for certiorari to the Supreme Court, or his
petition for rehearing, has Jeffries demonstrated that he was
sentenced under the residual clause. It is certainly not “clear” or
“obvious” under plain error review that his conviction under Texas
Penal Code § 22.02 for the crime of aggravated assault with a deadly
weapon causing physical injury to which he pleaded guilty is not a
“use of force” conviction under 4B1.2(a)(1) or an enumerated offense
under Application Note 1 to § 4B1.2(a). See United States v. Guzman,
797 F.3d 346 (5th Cir. 2015); cf. Beckles v. United States, No. 15-8544,
2016 U.S. LEXIS 4142 (U.S. Jun. 27, 2016)(granting certiorari on a
case involving whether a sawed-off shotgun is a crime of violence
under § 4B1.2(a)); United States v. Soto-Rivera,
811 F.3d 53 (1st Cir.
2016)(addressing crime of felon in possession of a firearm under §
4B1.2(a)(2) and application notes); United States v. Lipscomb,
619
F.3d 474 (5th Cir. 2010)(plurality opinion addressing whether crime
of possession of a sawed-off shotgun was a crime of violence). The
Supreme Court did not strike down the “use of force” prong in Johnson
and, indeed, since that time has applied a similar “use of force” prong
in a case of a reckless assault. Voisine v. Armstrong,
195 L. Ed. 2d
736 (2016)(“use of force” under 18 U.S.C. § 921(a)(33)(A) includes
reckless assault).
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