Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee at Memphis.
No. 2:21-cr-20181-1—Sheryl H. Lipman, District Judge.
Decided and Filed: October 17, 2024
Before: GILMAN, GRIFFIN, and MATHIS, Circuit Judges.
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OPINION
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Defendant Tarrence Parham pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm.
During sentencing, the district court concluded that Parham’s prior Tennessee conviction for
attempted second-degree murder constituted a crime of violence under the Sentencing Guidelines
and thus increased his base offense level. Parham challenges that conclusion on appeal, as well
as the district court’s refusal to dismiss the indictment on Second Amendment grounds.
Because the elements of attempted second-degree murder in Tennessee categorically match the
Guidelines’ definition of a “crime of violence,” and because binding precedent forecloses his
Second Amendment argument, we affirm. |