By: Derek Hawkins//January 24, 2017//
7th Circuit Court of Appeals
Case Name: United States of America v. Paul Winfield
Case No.: 16-1047; 16-1048
Officials: POSNER, KANNE, and SYKES, Circuit Judges.
Focus: Court Error – Sentencing Guidelines
These consolidated appeals raise a single issue: whether the district court erred by adjusting Paul Winfield’s offense level upwards based on the court’s finding that Winfield “maintained” his apartment for distributing controlled substances, see U.S.S.G. § 2D1.1(b)(12). Winfield argues that the guideline doesn’t apply here because drug dealing was not among his “primary or principal” uses for the apartment, see U.S.S.G. § 2D1.1 cmt. n.17. We disagree and affirm the district court’s judgments.
Affirmed