Court Opinion

ID: 9498720
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-05 17:26:09.459815+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:59:01.678621
License: Public Domain

*614GIBSON, Circuit Judge,
concurring:
The record demonstrates that the district court in the sentencing colloquy acknowledged the language in, and based its sentencing decision on, paragraph 7 of the Presentencing Investigation Report which contained all of Jennings statements, “I have a gun,” the “Just do it now” and “Hurry up” utterances. The court today commences Part I by setting out the full colloquy. It is clear that the district court acknowledged the complete statement, which had been the subject of statements by both the prosecutor and defense attorney, but made the general ruling. “[B]ut I just don’t think that the statement was made in the context in which it was made warrants the two level enhancement under Guideline § 2(b)(3)(1).” It is evident the district court erred. The court’s opinion today clarifies the rules applicable to the “I have a gun” utterance.