United States v. Donald Gordon, Jr. , 709 F. App'x 395 ( 2017 )


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  •                  United States Court of Appeals
    For the Eighth Circuit
    ___________________________
    No. 16-4441
    ___________________________
    United States of America
    lllllllllllllllllllll Plaintiff - Appellee
    v.
    Donald E. Gordon, Jr.
    lllllllllllllllllllll Defendant - Appellant
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    Appeal from United States District Court
    for the Eastern District of Missouri - Cape Girardeau
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    Submitted: December 11, 2017
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    [Unpublished]
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    Before SMITH, Chief Judge, ARNOLD and KELLY, Circuit Judges.
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    PER CURIAM.
    Donald Gordon, Jr., pleaded guilty to being a felon possessing a firearm and
    to possessing a stolen firearm. See 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), (j). Gordon had twice been
    convicted in Missouri state court of "recklessly caus[ing] serious physical injury to
    another person." See Mo. Rev. Stat. § 565.060.1(3) (now codified at Mo. Rev. Stat.
    § 565.052.1(3)). When calculating Gordon's base offense level under the Sentencing
    Guidelines, the district court determined that Gordon's prior convictions were crimes
    of violence. See USSG § 2K2.1(a)(2). Gordon appeals, maintaining that his prior
    convictions were not in fact crimes of violence, and so the district court set his base
    offense level, and his Guidelines range, too high. While Gordon's appeal was
    pending, a panel of our court held that convictions under the statute that Gordon
    violated were not crimes of violence. See United States v. Fields, 
    863 F.3d 1012
    ,
    1015 (8th Cir. 2017). Because we are bound by the prior panel's decision, see United
    States v. Eason, 
    829 F.3d 633
    , 641 (8th Cir. 2016), we vacate Gordon's sentence and
    remand to the district court for resentencing.
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Document Info

Docket Number: 16-4441

Citation Numbers: 709 F. App'x 395

Judges: Arnold, Kelly, Per Curiam, Smith

Filed Date: 12/27/2017

Precedential Status: Non-Precedential

Modified Date: 11/6/2024