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No. 06-4626
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of Virginia, at Richmond.
Henry E. Hudson, District
Judge. (3:05-cr-00442-HEH)
Submitted:
Decided:
PER CURIAM:
Ronald E. Watts was convicted after a bench trial of one
count of possession with intent to distribute fifty grams or more
of cocaine base, in violation of 21 U.S.C. 841(a)(1), (b) (2000).
The district court sentenced Watts to 168 months of imprisonment,
and Watts timely appealed.
been denied, this court reviews the evidence in the light most
favorable to the government.
Id.
See United
States v. Locklear, 829 F.2d 1314, 1317 (4th Cir. 1987) (stating
that this court will decline to overturn a factual determination
founded on witness demeanor and credibility absent compelling
evidence to the contrary).
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1993).
stop
for
traffic
violation
does
not
become
Id.
that the district court did not err in denying Wattss motion to
suppress.
The Guidelines* provide for a two-level increase in a
defendants base offense level [i]f a dangerous weapon (including
a firearm) was possessed.
USSG 2D1.1(b)(1).
Application Note
applied
if
the
weapon
was
present,
unless
it
is
clearly
the
Government
USSG
show
only
that
the
weapon
was
United
The
dispense
with
oral
argument
because
the
facts
and
legal
AFFIRMED
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