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U.S. v. THOMPSON

No. 88-5623.

891 F.2d 507 (1989)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James Lee THOMPSON, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided December 14, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Crawford Ervin (Byrd, Byrd, Ervin, Whisnant, McMahon & Ervin, P.A., Morganton, N.C., on brief), for defendant-appellant.

Karen Ingrid Skrivseth (Thomas J. Ashcraft, U.S. Atty., Charlotte, H. Thomas Church, Asst. U.S. Atty., on brief), for plaintiff-appellee.

Before WIDENER and PHILLIPS, Circuit Judges, and DOUMAR, District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, sitting by designation.

ROBERT G. DOUMAR, District Judge:

James Lee Thompson appeals the sentence imposed upon him by the district court following its finding that Thompson is a career offender under the Federal Sentencing Guidelines. Thompson's career offender status turns on whether a prior South Carolina conviction for pointing a firearm at a person constitutes a crime of violence as that term is defined by the Sentencing Guidelines. We answer this question of first impression in the...

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