Legal Opinion
United States v. Murphy
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided August 24, 2018No. 17-5118PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
O'BRIEN, Circuit Judge.
*1187 Aaron Wilkie Murphy is a convicted drug dealer and admitted addict. He used his home for drug-related activity. The only issue is whether that use of his home was enough to warrant an enhancement to his sentence under USSG § 2D1.1(b)(12), which increases guideline sentences when drug-related activities are one of the home's primary, as opposed to incidental, uses. The district judge properly applied the enhancement. We affirm.
I. Background
In late 2015, local law enforcement officers targeted Murphy in an investigation involving the sale of stolen property. They…
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