United States v. Cloman

PER CURIAM: * Dempsey Cloman pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 924(e), he received an enhanced sentence of 188 months of imprisonment, to be followed by a five-year term of supervised release. Cloman argues that the district court erred in counting his convictions for two December 1989 residential burglaries, committed six days apart, as separate offenses for purposes of § 924(e). The district court did not so err. See United States v. White, 465 F.3d 250, 253 (5th Cir.2006); United States v. Medina-Gutierrez, 980 F.2d 980, 982-83 (5th Cir. 1992). Cloman does not argue that his aggravated arson conviction was not a qualifying predicate offense for purposes of § 924(e). Consequently, we need not consider his argument that his two convictions for burglary of a high school were not qualifying predicate offenses for § 924(e) purposes. Cloman invites us to overrule the precedent set in United States v. Armstead, 114 F.3d 504, 512 (5th Cir.1997), that possession of a firearm during a burglary has been held to be “in connection with” the burglary for purposes of U.S.S.G. § 2K2.1. It is the firm rule of this circuit that one panel may not overrule the decisions of another without en banc consideration or an intervening Supreme Court opinion. See Hogue v. Johnson, 131 F.3d 466, 491 (5th Cir.1997). AFFIRMED. Footnotes [*] Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.