United States v. Jerome Nash

Opinion

United States Court of Appeals For the Eighth Circuit ___________________________

No. 19-2944 ___________________________

United States of America,

lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff - Appellee,

v.

Jerome Nash,

lllllllllllllllllllllDefendant - Appellant. ____________

Appeal from United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri - St. Louis ____________

Submitted: May 5, 2020 Filed: May 8, 2020 [Unpublished] ____________

Before COLLOTON, BEAM, and KOBES, Circuit Judges. ____________

PER CURIAM.

Jerome Nash appeals after he pleaded guilty to unlawfully possessing a firearm as a felon. The district court1 sentenced him under the Armed Career Criminal Act

1 The Honorable Ronnie L. White, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri. (ACCA), 18 U.S.C. § 924(e), to 180 months in prison. His counsel has moved to withdraw, and has filed a brief under Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), challenging the determination that Nash’s prior second-degree robbery convictions qualified as ACCA predicate offenses.

After careful de novo review, we conclude that the district court did not err in concluding that Nash’s prior Missouri second-degree robbery convictions qualified as ACCA predicate offenses. This court previously has determined that a conviction under Missouri’s second-degree robbery statute categorically qualifies as an ACCA predicate offense. See United States v. Swopes, 886 F.3d 668, 671 (8th Cir. 2018) (en banc), cert. denied, 139 S. Ct. 1258 (2019); see also United States v. Scott, 627 F.3d 702, 704 (8th Cir. 2010).

Having independently reviewed the record under Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75 (1988), we find no nonfrivolous issues for appeal outside the scope of the appeal waiver. Accordingly, we grant counsel’s motion to withdraw, and affirm the judgment of the district court. ______________________________

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