U.S. v. THOMPSON

No. 15-4685.

874 F.3d 412 (2017)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Shawntanna Lemarus THOMPSON, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: October 26, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Jennifer Claire Leisten , OFFICE OF THE FEDERAL PUBLIC DEFENDER, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellant. Phillip Anthony Rubin , OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Thomas P. McNamara , Federal Public Defender, Stephen C. Gordon , Chief Appellate Attorney, OFFICE OF THE FEDERAL PUBLIC DEFENDER, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellant. John Stuart Bruce , Acting United States Attorney, Jennifer P. May-Parker , Assistant United States Attorney, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellee.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge Motz wrote the opinion, in which Judge Wilkinson and Judge Diaz joined.


Shawntanna Lemarus Thompson pled guilty to a drug offense and being a felon in possession of a firearm. The district court increased his sentence, because it found Thompson's previous state conviction for assault inflicting serious bodily injury constituted a "crime of violence" under § 4B1.2 of the United...

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