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Summary: Case: 17-11214 Document: 00514475434 Page: 1 Date Filed: 05/16/2018 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit FILED No. 17-11214 May 16, 2018 Summary Calendar Lyle W. Cayce Clerk UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee v. TOMMY NELSON, JR., Defendant-Appellant Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas USDC No. 3:17-CR-48-1 Before KING, ELROD, and HIGGINSON, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM: * Tomm
Summary: Case: 17-11214 Document: 00514475434 Page: 1 Date Filed: 05/16/2018 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit FILED No. 17-11214 May 16, 2018 Summary Calendar Lyle W. Cayce Clerk UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee v. TOMMY NELSON, JR., Defendant-Appellant Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas USDC No. 3:17-CR-48-1 Before KING, ELROD, and HIGGINSON, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM: * Tommy..
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Case: 17-11214 Document: 00514475434 Page: 1 Date Filed: 05/16/2018
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
United States Court of Appeals
Fifth Circuit
FILED
No. 17-11214 May 16, 2018
Summary Calendar
Lyle W. Cayce
Clerk
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff-Appellee
v.
TOMMY NELSON, JR.,
Defendant-Appellant
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Northern District of Texas
USDC No. 3:17-CR-48-1
Before KING, ELROD, and HIGGINSON, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM: *
Tommy Nelson, Jr., appeals the 105-month sentence imposed after he
pleaded guilty to bank robbery. He argues that the district court erred in
imposing a seven-level enhancement, pursuant to U.S.S.G. § 2B3.1(b)(2)(A), for
the discharge of a firearm during the commission of the robbery. Specifically,
Nelson asserts that the enhancement does not apply because he did not
willfully induce the discharge of the firearm.
* Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not
be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH
CIR. R. 47.5.4.
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As he concedes, Nelson’s argument is foreclosed by United States v.
Roberts,
203 F.3d 867, 870-71 (5th Cir. 2000), in which this court held, on
similar facts, that a § 2B3.1(b)(2)(A) enhancement was proper where the
defendant aided in trying to wrest control of a firearm away from a deputy.
This court concluded that the defendant’s actions induced the deputy to
discharge the weapon.
Roberts, 203 F.3d at 870. Accordingly, the motion for
summary disposition is GRANTED, and the judgment of the district court is
AFFIRMED.
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