Stalknegt
United States v. Stalknegt
Opinion
Lead Opinion
MEMORANDUM **
Wilhelm Anton Stalknegt appeals his 132-month sentence imposed following a guilty plea to being a felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922 (g)(1). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 , and we remand for resentencing.
Stalknegt contends that the district court erred in imposing an enhancement under the Armed Career Criminal Act (“ACCA”), 18 U.S.C. § 924 (e)(1). Specifically, Stalknegt contends that his 1982 conviction for burglary does not qualify as a prior violent felony conviction under the ACCA. We conclude that the 1982 conviction satisfies all the elements of generic burglary as set forth by the Supreme Court in Taylor v. United States, 495 U.S. 575, 601 , 110 S.Ct. 2143 , 109 L.Ed.2d 607 (1990), and that the district court properly determined that this conviction constitutes a “violent felony” for purposes of the ACCA. See Shepard v. United States, — U.S. -, ---, -, 125 S.Ct. 1254, 1259-60, 1262 , 161 L.Ed.2d 205 (2005); United States v. Williams, 47 F.3d 993, 995 (9th Cir.1995).
However, Stalknegt was sentenced below the fifteen-year mandatory minimum required by the ACCA, and pursuant to the then-mandatory Sentencing…