* The case is unanimously ordered submitted without oral argument pursuant to

Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2) and 10th Cir. R. 34.1(G). This order and judgment is not binding precedent, except under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, and collateral estoppel. The court generally disfavors the citation of orders and judgments; nevertheless, an order and judgment may be cited under the terms and conditions of 10th Cir. R. 36.3. 

## F I L E D United States Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit 

### SEP 2 1999 

### PATRICK FISHER Clerk UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

TENTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. MARK CECIL HAWKINS, Defendant - Appellant. No. 99-8007 (D.C. No. 98-CR-101) (District of Wyoming)

ORDER AND JUDGMENT *

Before BRORBY , EBEL and LUCERO , Circuit Judges.

Mark Cecil Hawkins appeals the sentence that he rec eived following his plea of guilty to being a felon in possession of fi rearms, 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(2) and 924(a)(2) . Specifically, Hawkins claims there was insufficien t evidence to support the four-level enhancement that he received under U.S.S.G.- 2 -

§ 2K2.1(b)(5) for possession of a firearm in connec tion with another felony offense, and that the district court used an incorr ect legal standard in applying the enhancement to his offense level. Exercising juris diction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291, we affirm. I We review the district court’s factual findings in support of a sentencing enhancement for clear error. See United States v. Valdez-Arieta , 127 F.3d 1267, 1270 (10th Cir. 1997). We review the district court’s legal interpretation of the Sentencing Guidelines de novo. See United States v. Hargus , 128 F.3d 1358, 1364 (10th Cir. 1997), cert. denied , 118 S.Ct. 1526 (1998). Section 2K2.1(b)(5) provides that “[i]f the defenda nt . . . possessed any firearm or ammunition in connection with another fe lony offense . . . increase [the offense level] by 4 levels.” U.S.S.G. § 2K2.1(b)(5) (emphasis in orig inal). In United States v. Bunner , 134 F.3d 1000, 1006 (10th Cir.), cert. denied , 119 S.Ct. 81 (1998), we held that if a “weapon facilitated orhad the potential to facilitate the underlying felony, then enhancement under 2K2.1 (b)(5) is appropriate.” We further noted that “a weapon’s proximity to narcoti cs may be sufficient to provide the nexus necessary to enhance a defendant’s senten ce under § 2K2.1(b)(5).” Id . (citing United States v. Gomez-Arrellano , 5 F.3d 464, 467 (10th Cir. 1993)).- 3 - II The evidence in the record adequately supports the district court’s determination that appellant possessed firearms in connection with the distribution of methamphetamine and marijuana. Numerous firearms were discovered in appellant’s twelve foot by twenty-fiv e foot, one-room residence. So were fifty-eight packets of methamphetamine, packag es of marijuana, paraphernalia associated with the packaging and dis tribution of these drugs, and over $2,000 in cash. The record also indicates an informant stated that appellant sometimes used a gun in his drug transactions. Finally, in light of conflicting evidence regarding the number of loaded guns that appellant’s father placed in appellant’s residence and the number of loaded guns discovered there, the district court reasonably concluded that appellant himself l oaded at least one of the guns. Based on this evidence, the district court reasonab ly concluded that appellant possessed at least two guns in connection with his offense of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, cocaine, and marijuana, thereby justifying application of the sentence enhancement under U.S.S .G. § 2K2.1(b)(5). We are unpersuaded that the district court’s failur e to use the language “in connection with” in its findings regarding the appl icability of this enhancement constitutes grounds for reversal. Evidence in the record amply supports the conclusion that appellant used firearms in connecti on with this drug offense.- 4 -

Moreover, based on the district court’s fact findin g, it is clear that the district court applied the correct test in conducting its an alysis. We reject appellant’s assertion that the court’s de cision in GomezArrellano , 5 F.3d at 466-67, renders erroneous the district court’s imposition of a sentence enhancement. In Gomez-Arrellano , we concluded that an insufficient nexus existed to support an enhancement under § 2K2 .1(b)(5). See id. at 467. The facts of that case, however, are clearly distin guishable from those of the current action. As the Gomez-Arrellano court noted, there was no evidence in that case concerning either the proximity of the we apons to the drugs or the size of the residence containing both weapons and drugs. Id. at 467. Here, evidence in the record demonstrates that drugs and weapons w ere all discovered within appellant’s small, one-room residence, and that app ellant sometimes used a weapon in his drug transactions. Based on our review of the record, we conclude thatthis was sufficient evidence to support the district court’s imposition of a four-level enhancement under § 2K2.1(b)(5). AFFIRMED . The mandate shall issue forthwith. ENTERED FOR THE COURT

Carlos F. Lucero Circuit Judge