Legal Opinion
United States v. Alexander D. Loney
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided July 18, 2000No. 99-5774PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
COWEN, Circuit Judge.
When the Newark police arrived at 5:30 in the morning to investigate the scene of a reported burglary, they discovered Alexander Loney standing nearby on his aunt’s porch. Frisking him, the officers found hidden in his clothes 29 packets of heroin and a .380 caliber Lorcin semiautomatic pistol loaded with one round of ammunition. The question on appeal is whether the District Court erred when it applied U.S.S.G. § 2K2.1(b)(5) and increased Lo-ney’s offense level by four points for possessing a firearm “in connection with” his drug offense. Loney…
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