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Parties Involved:
Eugene Bernardini
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

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File Name: 14a0876n.06

No. 13-6180

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff-Appellee,

v.

EUGENE BERNARDINI,

Defendant-Appellant.

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ON APPEAL FROM THE UNITED 

STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR 

THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF 

TENNESSEE

BEFORE: BATCHELDER and ROGERS, Circuit Judges; BECKWITH, District Judge.*

PER CURIAM. Eugene Bernardini appeals his sentence.

Bernardini pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of ammunition, in violation of 

18 U.S.C. § 922(g). The district court determined that, because Bernardini had at least three 

previous convictions for a violent felony or serious drug offense that were committed on 

occasions different from one another, he was an armed career criminal under USSG § 4B1.4. 

Based on his total offense level of 31 and criminal history category of VI, Bernardini’s 

guidelines range of imprisonment was 188 to 235 months. The district court sentenced him to 

180 months in prison.

On appeal, Bernardini argues that the district court erred by concluding that his prior

robbery conviction in Tennessee qualified as a violent felony under the Armed Career Criminal 

 

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The Honorable Sandra S. Beckwith, United States District Judge for the Southern 

District of Ohio, sitting by designation.

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Act (ACCA). We review de novo whether a defendant’s prior conviction is a violent felony 

under the ACCA. United States v. Phillips, 752 F.3d 1047, 1049 (6th Cir. 2014), petition for 

cert. filed (Sept. 23, 2014) (No. 14-6442). As Bernardini concedes, we have previously held that 

a conviction for robbery in Tennessee under Tennessee Code Annotated § 39-13-401 qualifies as 

a violent felony under the ACCA, see United States v. Mitchell, 743 F.3d 1054, 1060, 1062 (6th 

Cir. 2014), petition for cert. filed (June 18, 2014) (No. 13-10682), and this panel is bound by that 

decision, see Sykes v. Anderson, 625 F.3d 294, 319 (6th Cir. 2010).

Accordingly, we affirm Bernardini’s sentence.

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