United States v. Troy Bennett

Opinion

Case: 18-10897 Date Filed: 05/10/2019 Page: 1 of 2

[DO NOT PUBLISH]

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT

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No. 18-10897

Non-Argument Calendar

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D.C. Docket No. 6:16-cr-00256-CEM-TBS-1 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee,

versus

TROY BENNETT, Defendant-Appellant.

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Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida

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(May 10, 2019)

Before, TJOFLAT, JORDAN, and FAY, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM:

Case: 18-10897 Date Filed: 05/10/2019 Page: 2 of 2

Troy Bennett appeals his 300-month sentence, which the district court imposed pursuant to the Armed Career Criminal Act, 18 U.S.C. § 924(e). We affirm because both of Mr. Bennett’s arguments are foreclosed by Eleventh Circuit precedent. See United States v. Hill, 799 F.3d 1318, 1323 (11th Cir. 2015) (holding that a conviction for resisting an officer with violence pursuant to Fla. Stat. §843.01 is a violent felony under the ACCA’s elements clause); United States v. Smith, 775 F.3d 1262, 1267-68 (11th Cir. 2014) (holding that a conviction for possession of cocaine with the intent to distribute pursuant to Fla. Stat. §893.13 is a serious drug offense under the ACCA). We recognize Mr. Bennett’s arguments that cases like Hill and Smith were incorrectly decided, but we are nevertheless bound to follow them. See, e.g., Smith v. GTE Corp., 236 F.3d 1292, 1303 (11th Cir. 2001).

AFFIRMED.