United States v. Roger Reid

684 F. App'x 351

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
• Decided: April 11, 2017
• Docket: 16-4472
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

PER CURIAM:

Roger Emanuel Reid pled guilty to knowingly and unlawfully possessing a firearm after having been convicted of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) (2012), He appeals from his 51-month sentence, alleging that the district court erred by enhancing his sentence by four-levels under U.S. Sentencing Guidelines Manual § 2K2.1(b)(6)(B) (2015) because he possessed the firearm at issue in connection with another felony. We affirm.

We review any criminal sentence for reasonableness under a deferential abuse-of-discretion standard. Gall v. United States, 552 U.S. 38, 41, 128 S.Ct. 586, 169 L.Ed.2d 445 (2007). In considering whether a district court properly imposed a Sentencing Guidelines enhancement, we review a district court’s factual findings for clear error and its legal determinations de novo. United States v. Chandia, 675 F.3d 329, 337 (4th Cir. 2012). Whether a defendant possessed a firearm in connection with another felony is a factual question we review for clear error. United States v. Jenkins, 566 F.3d 160, 163 (4th Cir. 2009). We will find a court’s factual findings clearly erroneous only if we are “left with the definite arid firm conviction that a mis take has been committed.” United States v. Crawford, 734 F.3d 339, 342 (4th Cir. 2013) (internal quotation marks omitted). “Where there are two permissible views of the evidence, the factfinder’s choice between them cannot be clearly erroneous.” Anderson v. City of Bessemer City, 470 U.S. 564, 574, 105 S.Ct. 1504, 84 L.Ed.2d 518 (1985).

Here, police entered Reid’s home pursuant to a search warrant. Police found Reid there with the firearm and in possession of various items of drug paraphernalia. Reid admitted that he had been dealing cocaine from the home, which was equipped with a surveillance camera, for months.

Reid argues on appeal that the district court erred - in applying the § 2K2.1(b)(6)(B) enhancement because no drug trafficking offense was ongoing at the time police entered Reid’s home. We hold that the district court’s application of the enhancement is not clearly erroneous, and that the underlying evidence fully supports application of the enhancement.

Accordingly, we affirm. We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before this court and argument would not aid the decisional process.

AFFIRMED