U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, 2001

United States v. Kevin McRay Smith

United States v. Kevin McRay Smith
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · Decided July 16, 2001 · Bowman, Beam, Loken
13 F. App'x 493

United States v. Kevin McRay Smith

Opinion

PER CURIAM.

Kevin McRay Smith appeals the sentence imposed by the district court 1 following his guilty plea to drug offenses. The district court sentenced Smith to 188 months imprisonment and 5 years supervised release. On appeal, Smith challenges the district court’s finding that he was a career offender, arguing that his burglaries of commercial buddings should not be considered crimes of violence under U.S.S.G. §§ 4B1.1 and 4B1.2.

As Smith concedes, in United States v. Hascall, 76 F.3d 902, 906 (8th Cir.), cert. denied, 519 U.S. 948, 117 S.Ct. 358, 136 L.Ed.2d 250 (1996), this court determined that second-degree burglary of a commercial building is a crime of violence. Smith urges us to find that Hascall was wrongly decided. Even if we were inclined to do so, we are not at liberty to overturn the decision; only the court sitting en banc may do so. See United States v. Reynolds, 116 F.3d 328, 329 (8th Cir. 1997) (refusing to consider argument that Hascall was wrongly decided).

Accordingly, we affirm.

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. The Honorable Rodney W. Sippel, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri.

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