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No. 10-5017
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle
District of North Carolina, at Greensboro.
N. Carlton Tilley,
Jr., Senior District Judge. (1:09-cr-00006-NCT-1)
Submitted:
Decided:
October 7, 2011
PER CURIAM:
Carlos Scott Albright pleaded guilty to possession of
a
firearm
punishable
after
having
by
term
previously
of
been
imprisonment
convicted
exceeding
Albright
to
116
months
of
of
one
crime
year,
in
imprisonment.
Albright
timely appealed, and argues that one of his prior North Carolina
convictions
did
not
qualify
as
felony
to
increase
the
38, 51 (2007); see also United States v. Layton, 564 F.3d 330,
335 (4th Cir.), cert. denied, 130 S. Ct. 290 (2009).
In so
including
failing
to
calculate
(or
improperly
mandatory,
[(2006)]
failing
factors,
to
consider
selecting
the
[18
U.S.C.]
sentence
based
3553(a)
on
clearly
applicable
to
defendant
the
offense
committed
the
of
conviction
offense
after
is
twenty
sustaining
if
the
felony
sustaining
Guidelines
Manual
two
such
convictions.
(USSG)
See
U.S.
2K2.1(a)(2),
Sentencing
(4)(A)
(2010).
offense
as
an
offense
punishable
by
term
of
Albright
had
prior
North
Carolina
convictions
North
conviction,
Carolina
Albrights
law.
prior
Moreover,
record
at
level
the
was
time
I,
of
this
and
the
not
have
imprisonment
for
actually
that
received
offense,
more
based
than
on
his
one
year
prior
of
criminal
base
Albright
offense
was
calculation.
level
sentenced
of
twenty-four
based
Therefore,
the
on
an
rather
than
incorrect
sentence
is
twenty,
Guidelines
procedurally
unreasonable.
Accordingly,
we
affirm
Albrights
conviction,
but
grant the motion to remand, vacate the sentence, and remand for
resentencing.
before
the
court
and
argument
would
not
aid
the
decisional
process.
AFFIRMED IN PART,
VACATED IN PART,
AND REMANDED