Sentencing Guidelines – Enhancement

By: Derek Hawkins//April 29, 2019//

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7^th Circuit Court of Appeals

Case Name: United States of America v. Alandous Briggs

Case No.: 18-1415

Officials: BAUER, HAMILTON, and BARRETT, Circuit Judges.

Focus: Sentencing Guidelines – Enhancement

Alandous Briggs pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm after officers found drugs and firearms at his home during a parole visit. At sentencing, the district court applied a four-level enhancement for possessing a firearm in connection with felony possession of drugs. But because the district court made essentially no factual findings connecting Briggs’s firearms to his felony drug possession, we reverse and remand for resentencing.

Reversed and remanded

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Derek A Hawkins is trademark corporate counsel for Harley-Davidson. Hawkins oversees the prosecution and maintenance of the Harley-Davidson’s international trademark portfolio in emerging markets.

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