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Criminal Law: Sentencing-Firearm Enhancement-Constructive Possession

Staff Report//September 18, 2019//

Criminal Law: Sentencing-Firearm Enhancement-Constructive Possession

Staff Report//September 18, 2019//

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Where a defendant who pleaded guilty in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine challenged her sentence, the district court did not err by finding that the defendant had constructive possession of a gun, so the court properly added a two-level enhancement to the base level for the possession of a firearm in connection with the conspiracy, so the judgment is affirmed.

Judgment is affirmed.

U.S. v. Andrade (MLW No. 73900/Case No. 18-2748 – 5 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, per curiam) Appealed from U.S. District Court, Western District of Arkansas.

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