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Sentencing – Enhancement; Presence Of Weapon
cassiejohnson//December 5, 2014//
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Where evidence showed a temporal and spatial nexus between a defendant, a pistol and drug trafficking, the district court did not err in imposing a two-level enhancement for possessing a firearm.
Judgment is affirmed.
14-1183 U.S. v. Garcia, appealed from the District of Minnesota, per curiam.
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