United States v. Edgar Eugene Burke, Jr.

Edgar Eugene Burke, Jr., pleaded guilty to possessing cocaine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 844 (Count I); and to two other drug offenses, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1). The district court 1 denied Burke’s request for sentencing under U.S.S.G. § 5C1.2 (“safety-valve provision”), 2 after finding that Burke’s possession of a firearm was conduct relevant to Count I, and that he possessed the firearm “in connection with” that drug offense. The district court sentenced Burke to concurrent sentences of 12 months for the section 844 offense and 60 months each for the section 841 offenses, and…