223564P.pdf   01/30/2024  United States  v.  Henry Watkins, Jr.
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  22-3564
   U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas - Central   
   [PUBLISHED] [Shepherd, Author, with Kelly and Stras, Circuit Judges] 
   Criminal case - Criminal law and Sentencing. The evidence was sufficient 
   to support defendant's conviction for being a felon in possession of a 
   firearm; the district court did not err in applying an enhancement under 
   Guidelines Sec. 2K2.1(b)(6) based on its finding that possession of the 
   firearm facilitated defendant's drug possession; the district court did 
   not err in increasing defendant's base offense level under Guidelines Sec. 
   2K2.1(a)(2) from 20 to 24 based on his prior Arkansas controlled-substance 
   conviction; the district court plainly erred in presuming the guidelines 
   range was reasonable and in adopting a sentence without considering the 
   3553(a) factors; these procedural errors, coupled with the fact that the 
   court had previously granted defendant a 60-month downward variance, 
   demonstrate a reasonable probability that defendant would have received a 
   lighter sentence but for the errors; defendant's conviction is affirmed, 
   but his sentence is vacated, and the matter is remanded for resentencing 
   consistent with this opinion.