Opinion ID: 4317843
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Patrick Edwards

Text: Next, the district court sentenced Patrick Edwards on November 2, 2017. The PSR suggested applying the two-level stolen ﬁrearm enhancement; the four-level traﬃcking enhancement; and the four-level other felony oﬀense enhancement. Edwards objected; he argued the court could not imNos. 17-3084, 17-3127, 17-3396, 17-3559 7 pose the stolen ﬁrearm enhancement or the other felony offense enhancement due to double counting. The court overruled both objections. First, the court saw no double counting concern with applying the stolen ﬁrearm enhancement to a person convicted of being a felon in possession of a ﬁrearm. It explained: [J]ust because someone is a felon in possession of a ﬁrearm, they’re not necessarily in possession of a stolen ﬁrearm.... [W]here the ﬁrearm possessed by that prohibited person also happens to be a stolen ﬁrearm, the commission has said that there needs to be a further two-level enhancement based on the additional seriousness of the fact that the ﬁrearm being possessed by the prohibited person is a stolen ﬁrearm. Second, as for the other felony oﬀense enhancement, the court rejected the argument that this burglary did not qualify because the guns were packaged and not readily accessible. Edwards’s total adjusted oﬀense level was 29, and combined with a criminal history category of VI, the Guidelines suggested 151–188 months’ imprisonment. After weighing the § 3553(a) factors, the court imposed a below-Guidelines term of imprisonment of 132 months and three years of supervised release. The court then explained that disputed Guidelines issues were not material to the sentence.