UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Qumille LOVE, Defendant-Appellant.
SUMMARY ORDER
Defendant-Appellant Qumille Love appeals from the July 13, 2017, judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Irizarry, C.J.) sentencing him principally to 120 months of imprisonment following his plea of guilty to one count of bank robbery and two counts of attempted bank robbery in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a). On appeal, Love argues that he was improperly sentenced as a career offender based on previous convictions for second-degree New York robbery, N.Y. Penal Law § 160.10; attempted second-degree New York robbery, id. §§ 110.00, 160.10; and third-degree New York robbery, id. § 160.05. Love’s sentence of 120 months of imprisonment was below the Guidelines recommendation. We assume the parties’ familiarity with the underlying facts, procedural history, and specification of issues for review.
On appeal, Love argues that the district court improperly applied the Career Offender Guideline in determining his sentencing range because New York second- and third-degree robbery (1) are not crimes of violence under the force clause of the Career Offender Guideline, U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2(a)(1), and (2) do not match the enumerated offense of generic robbery in the enumerated-offenses clause of the Career Offender Guideline, U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2(a)(2). In United States v. Pereira-Gomez, this Court considered whether attempted New York second-degree robbery was a crime of violence and determined that all degrees of New York robbery contain the use of violent force as an element. 903 F.3d 155, 166 (2d Cir. 2018). The Court reached this conclusion because New York robbery definitionally requires that a defendant “ ‘us[e] or threaten[ ] the immediate use of physical force upon another person.’ ” Id. at 165 (quoting N.Y. Penal Law § 160.00). Following this logic, we have since held that third-degree New York robbery is also a crime of violence under the force clause of the Career Offender Guideline. United States v. Moore, 916 F.3d 231, 241-42 (2d Cir. 2019). It is thus settled in this Circuit that New York second- and third-degree robbery are crimes of violence under the Career Offender Guideline’s force clause. Love’s convictions for New York second-degree, attempted second-degree, and third-degree robbery are therefore predicate crimes of violence as defined in U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2(a)(1), and Love was properly sentenced as a career offender.
We have considered the remainder of Love’s arguments and find them to be without merit. Accordingly, the judgment of the district court hereby is AFFIRMED.