U.S. v. PIERCE

No. 00-4701.

278 F.3d 282 (2002)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Alvin James PIERCE, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided January 10, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Eric A. Bach, Charlotte, North Carolina, for Appellant. C. Nicks Williams, Assistant United States Attorney, Charlotte, North Carolina, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Robert J. Conrad, Jr., United States Attorney, Charlotte, North Carolina, for Appellee.

Before WILKINS, NIEMEYER, and GREGORY, Circuit Judges.


Affirmed by published opinion. Judge NIEMEYER wrote the majority opinion, in which Judge WILKINS joined. Judge GREGORY wrote a dissenting opinion.

OPINION

NIEMEYER, Circuit Judge.

We are presented with the single issue of whether Alvin Pierce's prior conviction for taking indecent liberties with a child, in violation of N.C. Gen.Stat. § 14-202.1, constitutes a predicate "crime of violence" for purposes of enhancing his sentence in the instant...

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