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United States v. Donta Davis, 08-3049 (2010)

Court: Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit Number: 08-3049 Visitors: 36
Judges: Per Curiam
Filed: Jan. 21, 2010
Latest Update: Mar. 02, 2020
Summary: NONPRECEDENTIAL DISPOSITION To be cited only in accordance with Fed. R. App. P. 32.1 United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit Chicago, Illinois 60604 Submitted January 21, 2010* Decided January 21, 2010 Before JOHN L. COFFEY, Circuit Judge JOEL M. FLAUM, Circuit Judge MICHAEL S. KANNE, Circuit Judge No. 08-3049 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Appeal from the United States District Plaintiff-Appellee, Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin. v. No. 07-CR-329 DONTA PHELON DAVIS, Rudolp
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                           NONPRECEDENTIAL DISPOSITION
                             To be cited only in accordance with
                                     Fed. R. App. P. 32.1



              United States Court of Appeals
                                   For the Seventh Circuit
                                   Chicago, Illinois 60604

                                 Submitted January 21, 2010*
                                  Decided January 21, 2010

                                            Before

                                 JOHN L. COFFEY, Circuit Judge

                                 JOEL M. FLAUM, Circuit Judge

                                 MICHAEL S. KANNE, Circuit Judge
                       
No. 08‐3049

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,                            Appeal from the United States District
     Plaintiff‐Appellee,                             Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin.

       v.                                            No. 07‐CR‐329

DONTA PHELON DAVIS,                                  Rudolph T. Randa,
    Defendant‐Appellant.                             Judge.



                                          O R D E R

         Donta Phelon Davis appeals from his conviction and 105‐month sentence for being a
felon in possession of a firearm.  See 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1).  Davis contends that the district
court improperly classified his prior conviction under Wisconsin law for second‐degree
reckless homicide, see WIS. STAT. § 940.06(1), as a crime of violence under U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2(a). 
See id. § 2K2.1(a)(2).  The government concedes error and agrees that in light of this court’s




       *
        After examining the briefs and the record, we have concluded that oral argument is
unnecessary.  Thus, the appeal is submitted on the briefs and the record.  See  FED. R. APP. P.
34(a)(2).
No. 08‐3049                                                                                Page 2


decision in United States v. Woods, 576 F.3d 400 (7th Cir. 2009), the correct disposition is to
vacate and remand for resentencing. 

        In Woods, 576 F.3d at 412‐13, we held that an offense in which the mental state is
recklessness does not meet the standards for crimes of violence established by the Supreme
Court in Begay v. United States, 128 S.Ct. 1581, 1586 (2008).  Second‐degree reckless
homicide, in violation of WIS. STAT. § 940.06(1), is therefore not a crime of violence under
§ 2K2.1(a)(2).  See United States v. High, 576 F.3d 429, 430‐31 (7th Cir. 2009).  Davis did not
object at sentencing to the classification of his reckless‐homicide conviction, but in light of
Begay and our recent post‐Begay precedent, the district courtʹs classification of this offense
was plain error.  See United States v. Gear, 577 F.3d 810, 812 (7th Cir. 2009); High, 576 F.3d at
431.  

        We therefore VACATE Davis’s sentence and REMAND for further proceedings in
light of Begay and Woods.

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