United States v. Michael Walker, Jr.

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• holding that the offense of carrying weapons under Iowa Code § 724.4(1) qualified as “another felony offense”
• concluding that the application of U.S.S.G. § 2K2.1(b)(6)(B) to a defendant whose possession of a firearm violated both Iowa Code section 724.4(1) and 18 U.S.C. § 922 (g)\does not implicate the 'double counting' concerns underlying our decision in Lindquist \
• holding that when a defendant is convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm in a manner that also violates Iowa Code § 724.4(1), she or he possesses the firearm in connection with another felony offense under U.S.S.G. § 2K2.1(b)(6)(B)
• deciding the omission of a reference to the underlying offense was “harmless” — “if an error at all” — “because the facts as found by the court obviously supported a charge that Walker had violated [the state statute at issue]”
• affirming district court’s application of § 2K2.1(b)(6)(B) enhancement for a violation of Iowa Code § 724.4(1)
• affirming application of enhancement under § 2K2.1(b)(6)(B) to felon in possession of firearm, who possessed firearm in connection with violation of § 724.4(1)

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