United States v. Craig Priday

PER CURIAM. Craig Thomas Priday pled guilty to possessing firearms after one prior conviction for tampering' with a motor vehicle by operation, see Mo.Rev.Stat. § 569.080.1(2), and two previous convictions for assault, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1) and 924(e). After determining that Priday was subject to an enhanced sentence under section 924(e)(1) as an armed career criminal, because he had three prior convictions for violent felonies, see U.S.S.G. § 4B 1.4(a), the district court sentenced him to 180 months in prison and 3 years of supervised release. On appeal, Priday argues that the district court violated the Sixth Amendment and acted contrary to Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466, 120 S.Ct. 2348, 147 L.Ed.2d 435 (2000), when it concluded that his conviction for tampering with a motor vehicle was a violent felony. We recently held the Missouri crime of tampering does not qualify as a “crime of violence” for purposes of U.S. Sentencing Guideline § 2K2.1(a)(2), United States v. Williams, 537 F.3d 969, 974-75 (8th Cir. 2008), a term we recognize as synonymous with the term “violent felony” for purposes of the Armed Career Criminal Act, see United States v. Johnson, 417 F.3d 990, 996 (8th Cir.2005) (“The statutory definition of ‘violent felony’ is viewed as interchangeable with the guidelines definition of ‘crime of violence.’ ”). Based on the holding in Williams, we reverse the sentence and remand to the district court for resentencing.