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UNITED STATES of America, Appellee,
v.
Alvin JACKSON, Defendant, Appellant
04-1506.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.
Jun 2, 2005.
Published opinion
409 F.3d 479
2005 U.S. App. LEXIS 10049
2005 WL 1302890
Holly T. Smith, for appellant., Margaret D. McGaughey, Appellate Chief, with whom Paula D. Silsby, United States Attorney, was on brief, for appellee.
Lynch, Campbell, Howard.
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CAMPBELL, Senior Circuit Judge.

The defendant appeals from his sentence, arguing, inter alia, that the sentencing court erroneously relied on police reports in determining whether he pled guilty to a prior “crime of violence” qualifying for sentencing enhancement under the career offender guideline, U.S.S.G. § 4B1.1. This appeal was briefed and argued shortly before the Supreme Court handed down its decision in Shepard v. United States, — U.S. -, 125 S.Ct. 1254, 161 L.Ed.2d 205 (2005), holding that a sentencing court may not look to police reports for this purpose. [1] Recognizing[*480] that a decision in Shepard was imminent and would be relevant, this court withheld any disposition pending the issuance of Shepard. Now that that case has been decided, we vacate the district court’s sentence and remand to it for resentencing in light of Shepard.

So ordered.

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. In Shepard, the Supreme Court considered whether the defendant's prior burglary con[*480] viction constituted a "violent felony” under 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(1), a provision of the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA). The § 924(e)(1) definition of "violent felony” is "the same in all material respects” as the U.S.S.G. § 4B1.1 definition of a "crime of violence.” United States v. Bell, 966 F.2d 703, 704 (1st Cir.1992). Given the similarity, "we look generally to cases pertaining to either provision ‘to elucidate the nature of the categorical inquiry.' ” United States v. Delgado, 288 F.3d 49, 53 n. 5 (1st Cir.2002).