{"id":2173,"date":"2017-07-08T17:22:18","date_gmt":"2017-07-08T22:22:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sentencing.net\/?p=2173"},"modified":"2020-05-28T16:14:43","modified_gmt":"2020-05-28T20:14:43","slug":"texas-burglary-acca-mathis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sentencing.net\/sentencing\/texas-burglary-acca-mathis","title":{"rendered":"Fifth Circuit To Decide If Texas Burglary Qualifies For ACCA Enhancement"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

The entire Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has agreed to decide whether Texas burglary of a habitation under Texas Penal Code 30.02(a)(1) is equivalent to “generic burglary” under the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA).\u00a0See<\/em>,\u00a0United States v. Herrold<\/a><\/em>, No. 14-11317 (5th Cir. 2017). \u00a0The court’s decision to rehear\u00a0Herrold<\/em> comes on the heels of the Sixth Circuit’s en banc<\/em> decision in\u00a0United States v. Stitt<\/em><\/a>, No. 14-6158 which held that a conviction under Tennessee’s aggravated burglary statute is not a crime of violence.<\/p>\r\n

The ACCA requires enhanced penalties for individuals with three prior qualifying convictions. 18 U.S.C. 924(e). One way for a prior conviction to qualify is if it is an “enumerated offense.” 18 U.S.C. 924(e)(2)(B)(ii). Burglary is such an offense.<\/p>\r\n

But long ago the Supreme Court in\u00a0Taylor v. United States<\/em> held that “burglary” under the ACCA means \u201can unlawful or unprivileged entry into, or remaining in, a building or other structure, with intent to commit a crime.” This is known in the law as “generic burglary.”<\/p>\r\n

States often define the crime of burglary differently. In Tennessee, for instance, “aggravated burglary” under Stitt\u00a0<\/em>is not\u00a0“generic burglary” because it covers the breaking and entering of “‘mobile homes, trailers, and tents’ as well as any ‘self-propelled vehicle.'”<\/p>\r\n

\"Herrold<\/a>

Herrold En Banc Petition<\/p><\/div>\r\n

The Texas burglary statute is similarly overbroad. Texas burglary defines “habitation” as including \u00a0vehicles \u201cadapted for the overnight accommodation of persons.\u201d Texas Penal Code 30.01(1). But the Supreme Court has never considered the breaking and entering of vehicles, even if adapted for habitation, as the same as “generic burglary.”<\/p>\r\n

The\u00a0en banc<\/em> Fifth Circuit will now decide this question. In addition, the Fifth Circuit has been asked in Herrold\u00a0<\/em>to overrule its prior decision in\u00a0United States v. Uribe<\/em> on the basis that\u00a0Uribe<\/em> failed to properly apply the Supreme Court’s decision in\u00a0Mathis v. United States. <\/em>Herrold argued in his en banc petition that\u00a0Uribe<\/em> improperly treats\u00a0Texas burglary convictions under\u00a0TexasPenal Code 30.02(a)(1) as a divisible offense.<\/p>\r\n

A favorable decision for the defendant in\u00a0Herrold<\/em> could impact long ACCA sentences. A positive decision in\u00a0Herrold<\/em> may also affect individuals who received a career offender enhancement based on a Texas burglary prior.<\/p>\r\n

The en banc petition in\u00a0Herrold<\/em> can be accessed here:\u00a0Herrold<\/em>\u00a0en banc<\/em> petition<\/a>. The Government’s response to the petition is here: USA response to\u00a0Herrold<\/em>\u00a0en banc<\/em> petition<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n

Stay tuned! Texas Burglary | Generic Burglary |ACCA Enhancement<\/p>\r\n

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The entire Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has agreed to decide whether Texas burglary of a habitation under Texas Penal Code 30.02(a)(1) is equivalent to “generic burglary” under the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA).\u00a0See,\u00a0United States v. 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