Legal Opinion
United States v. Darrell Regans, Also Known as Kevin Price
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided December 2, 1997No. 96-3712PublishedCited by 100 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOKEN, Circuit Judge.
Darrell Regans appeals the 110-month sentence imposed after he pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm. Regans argues that the district court 1 erred in applying the four-level enhancement prescribed in U.S.S.G. § 2K2.1(b)(5) for possessing a firearm “in connection with another felony offense” solely because Regans was in possession of a small quantity of heroin at the time of his arrest. We affirm.
The following facts are undisputed. Regans was a passenger in a ear stopped for a traffic violation. When Regans appeared to be concealing a weapon, the…
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