United States Ninth Circuit

Under section 2D1.1(b)(1) application note 3 of the Sentencing Guidelines, mere access to a weapon without evidence of knowledge of its existence is insufficient to warrant a two-point sentence enhancement for constructive firearm possession.

Appellate Information

• Argued 06/06/2001
• Decided 10/23/2001
• Published 10/23/2001

Judges

• T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judge:, Before:  BROWNING, WALLACE, and T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• William A. D'Alton,Brown Law Firm, P.C., Billings, Montana, for the defendant-appellant., James E. Seykora, Assistant United States Attorney, Billings, Montana, for the plaintiff-appellee.