United States v. David Goodwin
Opinion
[Unpublished]
David Allen Goodwin pled guilty to being a felon in possession of a handgun, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), and was sentenced as an armed career criminal to the mandatory minimum punishment of 180 months’ imprisonment. He appealed, contending that his Iowa burglary conviction did not qualify as a violent felony predicate under the Armed Career Criminal Act. 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(1). We summarily affirmed the conviction, citing our court’s recent decision in United States v. Mathis, 786 F.3d 1068 (8th Cir. 2015).
The United States Supreme Court granted Goodwin’s petition for a writ of certiorari, vacated our judgment, and remanded the case to us for further consideration in light of its decision in Mathis v. United States, — U.S. -, 136 S.Ct. 2243, 195 L.Ed.2d 604 (2016), which held that “[bjecause the elements of Iowa’s burglary law are broader than those of generic burglary, Mathis’s convictions under that law cannot give rise to an ACCA sentence.” Id. at 2257.
In a joint statement filed following the Supreme Court’s remand order, the government .agreed with Goodwin that Goodwin’s sentence should be vacated and the case remanded for resentencing.
Goodwin’s sentence is vacated, and the case is remanded to the district court for resentencing.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. David Allen GOODWIN, Defendant-Appellant
- Status
- Unpublished