United States v. John Edward Buglione

24 F.3d 250 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. John Edward BUGLIONE, Defendant-Appellant. No. 93-30057. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Jan. 6, 1994. Decided April 21, 1994. 1 Before: POOLE and TROTT, Circuit Judges, and KING, * District Judge. 2 MEMORANDUM ** 3 John Edward Buglione appeals the sentence imposed following his guilty plea to being a felon in possession of a firearm. Because he had three prior violent felony convictions, he was sentenced under the Armed Career Criminal Act ("ACCA"). Buglione challenges this sentence on the ground that one of his prior convictions was the result of an involuntary plea. We affirm. 4 * Under the ACCA, 18 U.S.C. Sec. 924 (e), "a federal court is obliged to impose a sentence of fifteen years to life for the illegal possession of a firearm by anyone who has three prior convictions for violent felonies." United States v. Antonie, 953…