Opinion ID: 767443
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Heading: u.s.s.g. s 3c1.2

Text: 43 Dixon also argues that the district court erred by increasing his offense level pursuant to U.S.S.G. S 3C1.2, which provides for a two-level enhancement [i]f the defendant recklessly created a substantial risk of death or serious bodily injury to another person in the course of fleeing from a law enforcement officer . . . . U.S.S.G. S 3C1.2. Specifically, Dixon contends that the section 3C1.2 enhancement was inappropriate because the Guidelines prohibit a sentencing court from imposing section 2L1.1(b)(5) and section 3C1.2 enhancements concurrently, if they are based on the same conduct. See U.S.S.G. S 2L1.1, app. note 6; id. S 3C1.2, app. note 1. Although this is true, we reject Dixon's argument because the district court's imposition of section 2L1.1(b)(5) and section 3C1.2 enhancements was not based on the same conduct. In short, even if we had not determined that the enhancement based on section 2L1.1(b)(5) must be stricken, we would affirm the section 3C1.2 enhancement. 44 As discussed above, the district court increased Dixon's offense level under U.S.S.G. S 2L1.1(b)(5) because it found that Dixon had concealed Alejandre-Gutierrez and Nava-Moreno in the trunk of a vehicle, where they were without adequate oxygen and were unable to extricate themselves. On the other hand, the court enhanced Dixon's offense level pursuant to section 3C1.2 because it found that when Dixon fled from law enforcement, he drove northbound in the southbound lanes of Interstate-5, thereby creating a substantial risk of death or serious bodily injury to the passengers and the motoring public. Because the enhancements under sections 2L1.1(b)(5) and 3C1.2 were not based on the same conduct, we conclude that the court properly adjusted Dixon's offense level upward two levels pursuant to U.S.S.G. S 3C1.2. IV