Opinion ID: 723189
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: using or carrying a firearm during a drug trafficking offense

Text: 8 After Causey's conviction on this offense, the Supreme Court held in Bailey, 116 S.Ct. at 508, that possessing a gun concealed nearby during a drug trafficking offense does not amount to a violation of 18 U.S.C. 924(c). The United States has conceded that the conviction on Count 4, therefore, cannot stand. Thus, the district court on remand should set aside the conviction on Count 4 of the indictment, for a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c). Nevertheless, the district court may consider upon resentencing whether it should use USSG § 2D1.1(b)(1) to enhance the sentence otherwise. The district court did not have an opportunity to consider that section of the Guidelines, because it is inapplicable when the defendant is sentenced under § 924(c). See USSG § 2K2.4, comment. (n. 2).