U.S. v. COWAN

No. 98-5837.

196 F.3d 646 (1999)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ronald COWAN, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: October 27, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stuart J. Canale, Asst. U.S. Atty. (argued and briefed), Office of the U.S. Attorney, Memphis, Tennessee, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Thomas J. Gibson, Asst. Fed. Pub. Defender (argued and briefed), Office of the Federal Public Defender for the Western District of Tennessee, Memphis, Tennessee, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before: KEITH, CONTIE, and COLE, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

CONTIE, Circuit Judge.

Defendant-appellant Ronald Cowan ("Cowan") let a friend use his gun to commit an armed robbery. On appeal, Cowan asserts that he should not be held accountable for his friend's use of the firearm under United States Sentencing Guideline § 2B3.1(b)(2)(C). We reject Cowan's argument and therefore affirm the district court's sentencing determinations.

I.

On July 10, 1997, a young man (hereinafter "the juvenile...

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