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172415P.pdf 07/02/2019 United States v. James Myers
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 17-2415
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas - Fayetteville
[PUBLISHED] [Benton, Author, with Loken and Erickson, Circuit Judges]
Criminal Case - Armed Career Criminal Act. For prior action see United
States v. Myers, 896 F.3d 866 (8th Cir. 2018). On remand from the Supreme
Court of the United States for further consideration, because the prior
conviction for first-degree terroristic threatening (Ark. Code Ann.
5-13-301(a)(1)(A)) lists alternative elements, the statute is divisible
and the modified categorical approach applies. Upon review of the
permissible materials, the conviction was a violent felony under sec.
924(e) because it has an element the threatened use of physical force
against the person of another.
172415P.pdf 07/23/2018 United States v. James Myers
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 17-2415
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas - Fayetteville
[PUBLISHED] [Benton, Author, with Loken and Benton, Circuit Judges]
Criminal case - Sentencing. Defendant's Arkansas conviction for
first-degree terroristic threatening was a violent felony for Armed Career
Criminal Act sentencing; a review of the permissible materials show
defendant was convicted of threatening to kill his girlfriend while
holding a knife to her throat; defendant's Arkansas conviction for
second-degree battery was also properly counted as a violent felony.