United States v. Paul, No. 18-1871 (8th Cir. 2019)
Annotate this CaseThe Eighth Circuit affirmed defendant's sentence imposed after he pleaded guilty to unlawful possession of a firearm while under felony indictment in state court. The court rejected defendant's claim that the district court made a procedural error in calculating the advisory sentencing guideline range, holding that the district court did not err by applying a four-level increase under USSG 2K2.1(b)(6) for using or possessing a firearm in connection with another felony offense. In this case, defendant had committed two separate incidents of domestic assaults against women with whom he had fathered children, and the district court found that the two incidents were an integral part of the course of conduct that related to defendant's unlawful possession of the firearm while under indictment.
Court Description: Colloton, Author, with Gruender and Erickson, Circuit Judges] Criminal case - Sentencing. No error for imposing an enhancement under Guidelines Sec. 2K2.1(b)(6) for possessing the firearm in connection with another felony offense.
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