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No. 06-4050
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
South Carolina, at Florence.
Terry L. Wooten, District Judge.
(4:04-cr-793-TLW)
Submitted:
Decided:
Before MOTZ and KING, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit
Judge.
PER CURIAM:
Christopher L. Short appeals his conviction and sentence for
conspiracy to traffic in fifty grams or more of crack cocaine and
five kilograms or more of cocaine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. 846
(2000).
Failure to
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Because Short
him
good
plea.
Short
objected
at
trial
to
the
2006).
410
makes
inadmissible,
inter
alia,
any
inmate about ones plan to plead guilty does not fall into either
of these categories.
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count
of
conviction
under
U.S.
Sentencing
Guidelines
Manual
count
of
conviction.
The
district
court
stated
that
2001).
weapon
was
possessed
during
the
offense.
This
Under relevant
course
conviction.
of
conduct
or
common
scheme
as
the
offense
of
repeatedly
conspiracy.
He
possessed
traded
firearms
drugs
for
during
firearms,
the
charged
stored
drug
firearms,
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Standing
Harris, 128 F.3d 850, 852 (4th Cir. 1997) (precisely concurrent
acts, such as handling a firearm while storing drugs is not
needed).
Although the district court did not find it necessary to make
a specific finding on nexus, it found that it was not unreasonable
to
believe
conspiracy.
that
Shorts
firearms
were
connected
to
the
drug
AFFIRMED
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