Legal Opinion
United States v. Lawrence Prescott Jackson
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided December 21, 2001No. 01-10396PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KRAVITCH, Circuit Judge:
This appeal presents two issues: (1) whether the district court properly enhanced the defendant’s sentence for illegal possession of a firearm under U.S.S.G. § 2K2.1(b)(5), which allows a 4-level enhancement for using or possessing a firearm in connection with a different felony offense than the offense of conviction, and (2) whether the district court impermissi-bly counted the same conduct twice in applying two separate enhancements at sentencing.
I. Background
Lawrence Prescott Jackson was a passenger in a vehicle stopped by two Florida police officers who observed…
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