# United States v. Brandon Brown

> Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · March 18, 2015 · 597 F. App'x 203

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/2787848

## Case

- **Full name:** UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Brandon Orlando BROWN, Defendant-Appellant
- **Court:** Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
- **Decided:** March 18, 2015
- **Citations:** 597 F. App'x 203
- **Precedential status:** Unpublished
- **Opinion:** Opinion
- **Judges:** Shedd, Floyd, Thacker
- **Cited by:** 0 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 14-4635

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff – Appellee,

v.

BRANDON ORLANDO BROWN,

Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
South Carolina, at Florence. R. Bryan Harwell, District Judge.
(4:13-cr-01088-RBH-1)

Submitted: February 23, 2015 Decided: March 18, 2015

Before SHEDD, FLOYD, and THACKER, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Michael A. Meetze, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Florence,
South Carolina, for Appellant. William N. Nettles, United
States Attorney, Benjamin Neale Garner, Assistant United States
Attorney, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:

Brandon Orlando Brown pled guilty to possession of a

firearm by a convicted felon, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) (2012), and

was sentenced as an armed career criminal to 180 months in

prison. He appeals, arguing that his five convictions for

second degree burglary under S.C. Code Ann. § 16-11-312(A) do

not qualify as predicate felonies for armed career criminal

status. We have held that a conviction under § 16-11-312(A) is

such a qualifying felony. United States v. Wright, 594 F.3d

259, 266 (4th Cir. 2010). “[W]e are bound by prior precedent

from other panels in this circuit absent contrary law from an en

banc or Supreme Court decision.” United States v. Ruhe, 191

F.3d 376, 388 (4th Cir. 1999). There is no such contrary law.

Accordingly, we find no merit to Brown’s claim, and we affirm.

We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal

contentions are adequately presented in the materials before

this court and argument would not aid the decisional process.

AFFIRMED

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