UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 13-4940

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff - Appellee,

v.

ANTHONY SHON SINGLETARY,

Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle 

District of North Carolina, at Greensboro. Thomas D. Schroeder, 

District Judge. (1:13-cr-00074-TDS-1)

Submitted: July 28, 2014 Decided: August 1, 2014

Before KING, SHEDD, and AGEE, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Louis C. Allen, Federal Public Defender, John A. Dusenbury, Jr., 

Assistant Federal Public Defender, Greensboro, North Carolina, 

for Appellant. Ripley Rand, United States Attorney, JoAnna G. 

McFadden, Assistant United States Attorney, Greensboro, North 

Carolina, for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
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PER CURIAM:

Anthony Shon Singletary pleaded guilty to possession 

of a firearm by a convicted felon, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 

§§ 922(g)(1), 924(a)(2) (2012), and was sentenced to fifty-seven 

months’ imprisonment. Singletary appeals his sentence, arguing 

that the district court erred in applying a four-level 

enhancement for possession of a firearm in connection with 

another felony offense under U.S. Sentencing Guidelines Manual

(“USSG”) § 2K2.1(b)(6)(B) (2012). We affirm.

In reviewing the district court’s application of a 

Sentencing Guideline, we review its legal conclusions de novo 

and its factual findings for clear error. United States v. 

Strieper, 666 F.3d 288, 292 (4th Cir. 2012). An enhancement 

under USSG § 2K2.1(b)(6)(B) is appropriate when a firearm 

possessed by a defendant “facilitated, or had the potential of 

facilitating, another felony offense.” USSG § 2K2.1 cmt. 

n.14(A). The requirement that the firearm be possessed “in 

connection with” another felony “is satisfied if the firearm had 

some purpose or effect with respect to the other offense,” such 

as to protect or embolden the actor. United States v. McKenzieGude, 671 F.3d 452, 464 (4th Cir. 2011) (internal quotation 

marks omitted). However, “the requirement is not satisfied if 

the firearm was present due to mere accident or coincidence.” 

United States v. Jenkins, 566 F.3d 160, 163 (4th Cir. 2009) 
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(internal quotation marks omitted). The Guidelines commentary 

specifically provides that a defendant possesses a firearm in 

connection with another felony “in the case of a drug 

trafficking offense in which a firearm is found in close 

proximity to drugs, . . . because the presence of the firearm 

has the potential of facilitating [the drug-trafficking] felony 

offense.” USSG § 2K2.1 cmt. n.14(B). 

On appeal, Singletary argues that his simultaneous 

possession of the firearm and the drugs found in his residence 

was merely coincidental. Because the record was adequate to 

support a contrary finding, however, we conclude the district 

court did not err in imposing the enhancement. 

Accordingly, we affirm Singletary’s sentence. We 

dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal 

contentions are adequately presented in the materials before 

this court and argument would not aid the decisional process.

AFFIRMED