United States Ninth Circuit

Second-degree burglary under Oregon law is not a categorical burglary for purposes of the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA) because it encompasses crimes that fall outside the federal definition of generic burglary. US v. Cunningham, 911 F.2d 361 (9th Cir. 1990), which held that second-degree burglary under Oregon law is a categorical burglary offense under the analysis required by Taylor v. US, 495 U.S. 575 (1990), for purposes of applying the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA), was wrongly decided and is expressly overruled.

Appellate Information

• Argued 03/22/2007
• Decided 06/05/2007
• Published 06/05/2007

Judges

• Before:  MARY M. SCHROEDER, Chief Circuit Judge, HARRY PREGERSON, STEPHEN REINHARDT, PAMELA ANN RYMER, ANDREW J. KLEINFELD, HAWKINS, A. WALLACE TASHIMA, SUSAN P. GRABER, KIM McLANE WARDLAW, RONALD M. GOULD, RICHARD A. PAEZ, MARSHA S. BERZON, RICHARD C. TALLMAN, JOHNNIE B. RAWLINSON, and CARLOS T. BEA, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Stephen R. Sady, Chief Deputy Federal Public Defender, Portland, OR, for the amicus curiae.


• For Appellees:
  
• Kendra M. Matthews, Ransom Blackman LLP, Portland, OR, for the defendant-appellant., Stephen F. Peifer, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Portland, OR, for the plaintiff-appellee.