Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Warner O'Neil GARCIA, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2006-03-28
Citations: 172 F. App'x 530
Docket Number: No. 04-4692
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff—Appellee, v. Warner O’Neil GARCIA, Defendant—Appellant.
Judges: Before LUTTIG, WILLIAMS, and TRAXLER, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 172
Pages: 530–531

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff—Appellee, v. Warner O’Neil GARCIA, Defendant—Appellant.
No. 04-4692.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted Nov. 30, 2005.
Decided March 28, 2006.
J. Robert Haley, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Charleston, South Carolina, for Appellant. J. Strom Thurmond, Jr., United States Attorney, Alston C. Badger, Assistant United States Attorney, Charleston, South Carolina, for Appellee.
Before LUTTIG, WILLIAMS, and TRAXLER, Circuit Judges.
Affirmed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. See Local Rule 86(c).

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Warner O'Neil Garcia pled guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) (2000) and was sentenced to seventy-two months of imprisonment. On appeal, Garcia alleges that he was sentenced in violation of the Sixth Amendment, citing Blakely v. Washington, 542 U.S. 296, 124 S.Ct. 2581, 159 L.Ed.2d 403 (2004). The Blakely opinion has been extended to the Federal Sentencing Guidelines in United States v. Booker, 543 U.S. 220, 125 S.Ct. 738, 160 L.Ed.2d 621 (2005). For the reasons that follow, we affirm.
Garcia contends that his sentence was improperly enhanced four levels for possessing the gun in connection with another felony under U.S. Sentencing Guidelines Manual § 2K2.1(b)(5) (2003). Garcia, however, has not suffered a Sixth Amendment violation because he was sentenced within the range allowable without the enhancement in question. See United States v. Evans, 416 F.3d 298, 300-01 & n. 4 (4th Cir.2005) (holding that if sentence does not exceed maximum authorized by facts admitted by defendant or found by jury there is no Sixth Amendment violation). This is because Garcia admitted to the conduct underlying his base offense level of twenty, under USSG § 2K2.1(a)(4)(A), which, with his criminal history category of V, yields a sentencing range of sixty-three to seventy-eight months. Thus, even if it was erroneous for the district court to enhance Garcia's sentence, there has been no Sixth Amendment error because he was sentenced within the range of admitted conduct. Evans, 416 F.3d at 300-01.
Accordingly, we affirm. 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