United States Fifth Circuit

Defendant's drug possession sentence is affirmed where: 1) obstruction of a state investigation based on the same facts as the eventual federal conviction qualifies for enhancement even if the obstructive conduct occurred before federal authorities commenced their investigation; and 2) defendant's direction to hide the firearms was sufficiently related to his offense of conviction, possession of cocaine base.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/01/2010
• Published 04/01/2010

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• United States Fifth Circuit

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