In the Matter of Charles

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• holding that the application of the Sentencing Reform Act of 1981 (SRA), including its sentencing provisions, is a question of law that is reviewed de novo
• firearm enhancements must run consecutively to the base offense, but may run concurrently to other firearm enhancements
• under rule of lenity, firearms enhancements run consecutively to their underlying sentences, but in multiple counts of same offense, the enhancements do not run necessarily consecutively to each other, unless underlying sentences run consecutively

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