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U.S. v. JENKINS

No. 08-4588.

566 F.3d 160 (2009)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Timothy Lamont JENKINS, a/k/a Big Tim, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: May 15, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Ann Briks Walsh, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Charleston, South Carolina, for Appellant. Sean Kittrell, Office of the United States Attorney, Charleston, South Carolina, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: W. Walter Wilkins, United States Attorney, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellee.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge WILKINSON wrote the opinion, in which Senior Judge SILER and Judge CONRAD joined.

OPINION

WILKINSON, Circuit Judge:

The sole issue in this case is whether, for purposes of a four-level sentence enhancement under U.S.S.G. § 2K2.1(b)(6), the defendant's unlawful possession of a firearm was "in connection with" his possession of cocaine base. The district court found that it was, and we affirm.

I.

At 11:45 p.m. on March 21, 2007, the Charleston Police Department received a report that an individual had been firing...

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