United States v. Charles Eason

SILER, Circuit Judge.

The United States appeals a 46-month sentence imposed on Charles Eason by the Western District of Tennessee following his guilty plea to being a felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922 (g). The United States argues the district court erred in finding that Eason was not an armed career criminal, given his five prior Tennessee convictions for promotion of methamphetamine manufacture. See Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-17-433 . Since these convictions are serious drug offenses under the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA), we REVERSE Eason's sentence and REMAND…