FI LED U.S. COURT OF APPEALS ELEV ENT H CI RCUI T J ULY 14, 2009 T HOMAS K . KAHN CLERK [DO NOT PUBLISH]
IN THE UN ITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELE VENTH CIRCUIT

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__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ D. C. Dock etNo. 0 7- 00 23 3- CR-9 -ODE-1 UNITED STAT ES OF AMERIC A,
Pl ai nt iff -Ap pe ll ee,
ve rs us DERON HALL , a.k .a. D-Sh oc k, Defen da nt -Ap pe ll an t.

__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ App eal fro m

th e Uni te d S ta te s Di st ric t Co urt fo r th e North ernDis tri ctof Ge or gi a

__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ _ (Jul y 14 , 20 09 ) Befo re TJ OFLAT, ED MONDSON an d P RYOR, Ci rcu itJu dg es .PER CURI AM:

Dero n Hal l ap pe al s h is sen te nc e o f 90 m on th s o f im pr is on m en t fo r
co ns pi racy to p os se ss with i nt en t t o d is tri bu te at l eas t fi ve ki lo gr am s o f co cai ne . 21 U.S.C. §§ 84 1( a)(1 ), (b )(1 )(A)(i i), 8 46 . Hall arg ue s t ha t the di st ric t co urt sh ou ldno t h av e en ha nc edhi s s en te nc e b y two lev el s fo r th e p os se ss io n o f a fir earm . W e aff

irm. W e rev ie w de n ov o t he ap pl ic at io n o f anen ha nc em en t fo r th e p os se ss io n o f a d an ge ro us weap on to a se nt en ce. Uni te d S ta te s v . Pha m , 46 3 F .3d12 39 , 12 45 (1 1t h C ir. 2 00 6) . A dis tri ctco urt m ay en ha nc e a s en te nc e b y

two lev el s “ [i]f a da ng ero us weap on (in cl ud in g afir earm ) was po ss es se d” durin g a n o ffen se in vo lv in g dru gs . U.S.S.G. § 2D1 .1(b )(1 ). A defe nd an t ch arg edina co ns pi racy to di st rib ut e dru gs m ay

rece iv e a two- le ve l en ha nc em en t fo r th e p os se ss io n o f a fir earm when a co co ns pi rat orpo ss es se d t he weap on infurth eran ce o f th e
co ns pi racy andth e p os se ss io n was reas on ab ly fores eeab le by the de fen da nt . Uni te d S ta te s v . Fie ld s, 4 08 F.3d13 56 , 13 59 (11 th Cir . 20 05 ). “ Onc e th e go ve rn m en t s ho ws tha t a f ire arm was p res en t, ‘th e ev id en ti ary bu rd ensh ift s t o t he de fen da ntto sh ow tha t a c on ne ct io n b etweenth e fi rearm an d t he off

en se is cle arl y im pr ob ab le .’ ” Id . (qu ot in g Un it edSta te s v . Hall , 46 F.3d62 , 63 (11 th Cir . 19 95 )).

2The di stric t co urt d idno t err by enh an ci ng Hall ’s sen te nc e. Hall arg ue s t ha t

th e g ov ern m en t fa il edto pro ve he kn ew ab ou t, p os se ss ed , or s aw a co co ns pi rat or in po ss es si on of afir earm du rin g t he dru g c on sp ira cy , bu t tha t ar gu m en t i s in cred ib le inth e li gh t o f th e ev id en ce tha t Hal l wo rk edfora na ti on al org an iz at io n, th e Bl ackMafi a Fam il y , th atdi st rib ut edco cai ne an d t ran sp orte d d ru gs an d fir earm s i n h id de n c om

pa rtments of m od ifi edhi gh -en d l ux ury cars . Hall lo ad ed
an d u nl oa de d c oc ai ne fro m a st or ag e fac il it y

an d aHumm er s po rt u ti li ty veh ic le whe re l aw en fo rcem en t d is co ve redsev eral fir earm s. Ev enif Hal l d idno t p os se ss a fi rearm , itwas re as on ab ly fores eeab le th ata co ho rt p os se ss eda fi rearm du rin g th e co ns pi racy. See Un it edSta te s v . W es try, 524 F.3d11 98 , 12 21 (11 th Cir .), cert . den ie d, 1 29 S. Ct. 2 51 (20 08 ), an d, 1 29 S. Ct. 9 02 (20 09 ); P ha m , 46 3 F .3dat 12 45 –4 6; Fie ld s, 4 08 F.3dat 1 35 9. Hal l fa il edto pre se ntan y ev id en ce tha t the
co nn ect io n b etweenth e fi rearm s an d t he co ns pi racy was cl earl y im pr ob ab le
. Hall ’s sen te nc e is AFFIRMED
.

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