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UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Boa Toan Gia LE, Defendant-Appellant.
    No. 05-10338.
    Summary Calendar.
    United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
    Decided Dec. 30, 2005.
    
      Susan B. Cowger, Kim L. McCabe, U.S. Attorney’s Office Northern District of Texas, Dallas, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
    Lydia M. Brandt, The Brandt Law Firm, Richardson, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.
    Before REAVLEY, JOLLY, and OWEN, Circuit Judges.
   PER CURIAM:

Boa Toan Gia Le appeals his conviction for being a felon in possession of a firearm and his sentence of 42 months of imprisonment and three years of supervised release. Le asserts that the evidence was not sufficient to establish that he possessed a firearm. Le argues that the evidence tended to give equal or nearly equal circumstantial support to the theory that another person possessed the firearm. Le contends that his statement that a woman handed him the firearm cannot be relied upon as proof of his guilt because he was intoxicated and could not have knowingly and voluntarily made the statement.

We review a challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence to determine “whether a reasonable trier of fact could have found that the evidence established guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.” United States v. Butler, 429 F.3d 140, 151 (5th Cir.2005) (citation and internal quotation marks omitted). The direct evidence produced by the Government from eyewitnesses to the incident was sufficient for the jury to find Le guilty of possession of a firearm. See id. (jury retains sole responsibility for determining weight and credibility of evidence).

Le contends that the district court engaged in impermissible multiple counting in determining his criminal history category. Le argues that, as a result, his criminal history category overstated the seriousness of his criminal history.

A district court’s calculation of a defendant’s criminal history category is a finding of fact, which we review for clear error. United States v. Martinez-Moncivais, 14 F.3d 1030, 1038 (5th Cir.1994); see Butler, 429 F.3d at 153 & n. 6; United States v. Villanueva, 408 F.3d 193, 203 & n. 9 (5th Cir.), cert. denied,—U.S.—, 126 S.Ct. 268, 163 L.Ed.2d 241 (2005).

Le has provided no authoritative support for his argument that the district court engaged in impermissible multiple counting under U.S.S.G. § 4A1.1(a), (d), and (e). The Guidelines expressly sanction the addition of criminal history points under U.S.S.G. § 4A1.1(d) and (e). See U.S.S.G. § 4A1.1(e), comment, (n.5). Le has not identified any Guideline section that prohibits the addition of criminal history points that occurred in his case. See United States v. Kings, 981 F.2d 790 (5th Cir.1993) (sanctioning the addition of three points under U.S.S.G. § 4A1.1(d) and (e)); United States v. Hawkins, 69 F.3d 11 (5th Cir.1995) (double counting is prohibited only if the particular guideline at issue specifically forbids it). The district court’s finding that increases under U.S.S.G. § 4A1.1(a), (d), and (e) applied in Le’s case was not clearly erroneous. See United States v. Shipley, 963 F.2d 56, 58 (5th Cir.1992). Accordingly, the judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED. 
      
      
         Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.