Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Bart Kurtrick MULLINS, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2002-12-12
Citations: 52 F. App'x 211
Docket Number: No. 02-4210
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Bart Kurtrick MULLINS, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before NIEMEYER, WILLIAMS, and DIANA GRIBBON MOTZ, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 52
Pages: 211–212

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Bart Kurtrick MULLINS, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 02-4210.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted Nov. 19, 2002.
Decided Dec. 12, 2002.
Thomas H. Johnson, Jr., Gray, Newell, Johnson & Blackmon, L.L.P., Greensboro, North Carolina, for Appellant. Anna Mills Wagoner, United States Attorney, L. Patrick Auld, Assistant United States Attorney, Greensboro, North Carolina, for Appellee.
Before NIEMEYER, WILLIAMS, and DIANA GRIBBON MOTZ, Circuit Judges.
Affirmed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.

Opinion:
OPINION
PER CURIAM.
Bart Kurtrick Mullins appeals the sentence imposed by the district court following his guilty pleas to two counts of bank fraud in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1344 (2000), and one count of conspiracy to make, possess, and utter counterfeit checks in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 371, 513 (2000). Mullins claims that the district court engaged in impermissible double counting by enhancing his sentence under separate provisions of the guidelines. Specifically, Mullins claims that the court erred by applying enhancements under both U.S. Sentencing Guidelines Manual § 2Fl.l(b)(2) (2000) (providing two-level enhancement for offense involving more than minimal planning), and USSG § 2F 1.1(b)(5)(C)(ii) (providing two-level enhancement for scheme that involved five or more documents of false identification).
Because Mullins did not preserve this objection at sentencing, we review his claim for plain error. United States v. Ford, 88 F.3d 1350, 1355 (4th Cir.1996). Double counting is permitted by the guidelines except where it is expressly forbidden. United States v. Crawford, 18 F.3d 1173, 1179 (4th Cir.1994). Neither § 2Fl.l(b)(2) nor § 2Fl.l(b)(5)(C)(ii) precludes double counting. Moreover, Mullins fails to suggest any factual connection between the use of five or more documents of false identification and his enhancement for more than minimal planning.
Accordingly, we conclude that the district court did not engage in impermissible double counting. Because we discern no error, let alone plain error, we affirm Mullins' conviction and sentence. We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional process.
AFFIRMED.