August 1, 1995
[NOT FOR PUBLICATION]
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT
No. 95-1109
UNITED STATES,
Appellee,
v.
ERIC HOPKINS,
Defendant, Appellant.
APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF RHODE ISLAND
[Hon. Raymond J. Pettine, Senior U.S. District Judge]
Before
Selya, Cyr and Boudin,
Circuit Judges.
Robert D. Oster and Oster & Sawyer on brief for appellant.
Sheldon Whitehouse, United States Attorney, and Gerald B.
Sullivan, Assistant United States Attorney, on brief for appellee.
Per Curiam. We have carefully reviewed the record. For
the reasons stated by the district court at sentencing and
the government in its appellate brief, the court did not err
in concluding that the pistol was "used or possessed . . . in
connection with another felony offense." USSG 2K2.1(b)(5).
That the gun could reasonably be viewed as having "had some
potential emboldening role in . . . defendant's felonious
conduct" is enough. United States v. Routon, 25 F.3d 815,
819 (9th Cir. 1994).
The judgment is summarily affirmed. Loc. R. 27.1.