Opinion ID: 3052112
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Firearm and Conspiracy Convictions

Text: [9] Marler’s second contention is that he should not have been assigned criminal history points for the robbery conspiracy offense because the conspiracy was relevant conduct to the firearm offense. Application Note 1 to § 4A1.2 provides that a prior sentence is included in the criminal history calculation “if it was for conduct other than conduct that was part of the instant offense. Conduct that is part of the instant offense means conduct that is relevant conduct to the instant offense,” pursuant to § 1B1.3. USSG § 4A1.2, cmt. n.1. Relevant conduct is defined to include conduct “that occurred during the commission of the offense of conviction, in preparation for that offense, or in the course of attempting to avoid detection or responsibility for that offense.” USSG § 1B1.3(a)(1). 6086 UNITED STATES v. MARLER Marler contends that the conspiracy offense is relevant conduct to the firearm offense because his possession of the firearm “took place during the course of the robbery conspiracy.” The district court disagreed, reasoning that there were undisputed facts in the record that Marler possessed and discharged the firearm “in events unrelated to this robbery.” Marler does not point to any evidence that his possession of the firearm occurred in conjunction with the robbery conspiracy. The count to which he pled guilty alleged that he possessed the firearm from November 2004 to January 2005, a time period that began before the robbery conspiracy began. Nor does Marler dispute the facts on which the district court relied to find that the robbery was not relevant conduct to the firearm offense. Instead, he argues, without citation to any evidence in the record, that he possessed the firearm in the apartment where the robbery was planned and most likely intended to use the firearm during the robbery. Marler does not deny that he possessed the firearm on other occasions prior to and unrelated to the robbery conspiracy. [10] As with the escape and the robbery conspiracy, it would not further the purpose of the criminal history guidelines to find that the robbery conspiracy was relevant conduct to the firearm offense, especially where there is no evidence to support such a finding. The district court accordingly did not err in rejecting Marler’s contention.