Opinion ID: 548468
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Deadly weapon adjustment

Text: 43 The district court found a specific offense characteristic for use of a dangerous weapon, adjusting Sanchez's guideline range upward by four points under Guidelines Sec. 2A2.2(b)(2)(B). Sanchez claims that his car was not a dangerous weapon. This is frivolous, given that the guidelines define a dangerous weapon as an instrument capable of inflicting death or serious bodily injury. Guidelines Sec. 1B1.1 (Application Note 1(d)) (emphasis added); see Aceves-Rosales, 832 F.2d at 1157 (It is indisputable that an automobile can inflict deadly force on a person and that it can be used as a deadly weapon.). 44 Sanchez further asserts that if his car was a deadly weapon, he only brandished it, deserving only a three-point adjustment under Sec. 2A2.2(b)(2)(C). Driving his car directly at Macias is more than merely brandishing it. This contention is without merit.