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No. 15-4218
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle
District of North Carolina, at Greensboro. Thomas D. Schroeder,
District Judge. (1:14-cr-00291-TDS-1)
Submitted:
Decided:
PER CURIAM:
Lee Thomas Smith was convicted by a jury of possession of
ammunition by a felon, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(1)
(2012).
qualifying
sentencing
convictions
under
the
justifying
Armed
Career
application
Criminal
Act
of
enhanced
(ACCA).
In
We affirm.
Smith
18
as
any crime punishable by imprisonment
exceeding one year . . . that
(i)
for
term
Id. at 2557.
However, Johnson I
did not call into question application of the [ACCA] to the four
enumerated offenses in 924(e)(2)(B)(ii), or to the remainder
of the [ACCAs] definition of a violent felony.
Id. at 2563.
See
United States v. McLeod, ___ F.3d ___, ___, No. 14-4766, 2015 WL
6575673, at *3 (4th Cir. Oct. 30, 2015); United States v. ParralDominguez,
categorical
794
F.3d
approach,
440,
a
444
court
(4th
may
Cir.
consult
2015).
only
Under
the
fact
the
of
United
States v. Aparicio-Soria, 740 F.3d 152, 154 (4th Cir. 2014) (en
banc) (quoting Taylor, 495 U.S. at 603); see Descamps, 133 S. Ct.
at 2281.
Here, under North Carolina law, robbery with a dangerous
weapon consists of the following elements: (1) the unlawful taking
or an attempt to take personal property from the person or in the
presence of another (2) by use or threatened use of a firearm or
other
dangerous
weapon
(3)
endangered or threatened.
whereby
the
life
of
person
is
S.E.2d 67, 74 (N.C. 1975); accord N.C. Gen. Stat. 14-31 (2013).
Because the use of a deadly weapon with intent to kill, Hill,
214 S.E.2d at 79, entails force capable of causing physical pain
or
injury
to
another
person,
Johnson
II,
559
U.S.
at
140,
if either the
the victim is
purpose. See
App. 2010).
To
(1)
the
defendant
was
previously
convicted
of
crime
possessed
firearm
or
ammunition;
and
(3) the
Cir. 2005).
Here, the Government introduced evidence of four shotgun
shells found on Smiths person.
testified that two shells fell out of Smiths pocket during the
arrest, and two shells were later found in Smiths back pocket as
he was being processed at the local jail.
though
the
acknowledging
credibility
of
the
prohibition
witnesses,
against
argues
that
dispense
with
oral
argument
because
the
facts
and
legal