Opinion ID: 2995593
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Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Firearm possession guideline

Text: (sec.2D1.1(b)(1)) Finally, Thompson argues that the district court improperly applied the Guideline enhancement for possession of a firearm. For this Guideline to apply, it is sufficient for the defendant to have possessed the gun at any point during the pendency of the conspiracy. See United States v. Bjorkman, 270 F.3d 482, 494 (7th Cir. 2001). The district court based its application, in part, on Thompson’s state court conviction resulting from his possession of a firearm found on him during a search of one of the conspiracy’s stash houses where drug paraphernalia and other weapons were found. This incidence of possession occurred while the conspiracy was still in operation. Therefore the district court’s application was proper. See Bjorkman, 270 F.3d at 494 (affirming application involving similar facts); United States v. Billops, 43 F.3d 281, 288 (7th Cir. 1994).