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143139U.pdf 06/22/2018 United States v. Trevon Sykes
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 14-3139
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri - St. Louis
[UNPUBLISHED] [Per Curiam - Before Loken, Beam, and Shepherd, Circuit
Judges]
Criminal case - Sentencing. For the court's prior opinion in the case, see
United States v. Sykes, 844 F.3d 712 (8th Cir. 2016). On remand from the
Supreme Court for further consideration in light of United States v.
Naylor, 887 F.3d 397 (8th Cir. 2018) (en banc). On reconsideration, the
court concludes that Naylor controls; because the Missouri second-degree
burglary statute is indivisible and covers more conduct than does generic
burglary, defendant's convictions under Mo. Rev. Stat. Sec. 569.170 (1974)
do not qualify as violent felonies under the ACCA; defendant's sentence is
vacated, and the matter is remanded to the district court for further
proceedings.
143139P.pdf 12/21/2016 United States v. Trevon Sykes
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 14-3139
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri - St. Louis
[PUBLISHED] [Shepherd, Author, with Loken and Beam, Circuit Judges]
Criminal case - Sentencing. On remand from the Supreme Court for further
consideration in light of Mathis v. U.S., 136 S. Ct. 2243 (2106).
Defendant's two prior Missouri convictions for second-degree burglary were
properly classified as violent felonies for purposes of 18 U.S.C. Sec.
924(e); the fact that defendant was a juvenile when he incurred the prior
convictions did not make their use as a sentencing enhancement cruel and
unusual punishment under the Eighth Amendment as defendant was certified
as an adult for each of the convictions and the Eighth Amendment does not
prohibit using an adult conviction based on juvenile conduct to increase a
sentence under the Armed Career Criminal Act.
143139P.pdf 01/04/2016 United States v. Trevon Sykes
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 14-3139
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri - St. Louis
[PUBLISHED] [Shepherd, Author, with Loken and Beam, Circuit Judges]
Criminal case - Criminal law. The district court did not err in sentencing
defendant as an Armed Career Criminal as his Missouri convictions for
second-degree burglaries of unoccupied commercial buildings were violent
felonies for the purposes of 18 U.S.C. Section 924(e); use of an adult
conviction based on juvenile conduct to increase a sentence under the
Armed Career Criminal Act does not violate the Eighth Amendment