United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant v. Reynaldo Marmolejo, Defendant-Appellant-Cross-Appellee

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• holding that, in a drug trafficking case, the dangerous weapon enhancement does not apply if it is “clearly improbable” the weapon was connected with the case
• holding that an INS agent was subject to the firearm enhancement when he escorted drug couriers while carrying a gun, despite the facts that he did not use the gun and that carrying a gun was a requirement of his position
• holding that an INS agent was subject to the firearm enhancement when he escorted drug couriers while carrying a gun, despite the facts that he did not use the gun and that carrying a gun was a requirement of his position
• holding that “when a sentence is based on activity in which a defendant was actually involved, § 3B1.2 does not require a reduction in the base offense level even though the defendant’s activity in a larger conspiracy may have been minor or minimal.”
• holding that “when a sentence is based on activity in which a defendant was actually involved, § 3B1.2 does not require a reduction in the base offense level even though the defendant’s activity in a larger conspiracy may have been minor or minimal.”
• applying the weapons enhancement where armed INS officer transported drugs, acting as an “armed guard”

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