U.S. v. Wilson, No. 95-5560 (4th Cir.) (115 F.3d 1185) (June 17, 1997) (Judge Donald S. Russell)
Loaded on July 1, 1997
published in Punch and Jurists
July 21, 1997
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Possession or Use of Firearms.
In this mildly surprising decision, the Fourth Circuit held that the Government had failed to present sufficient evidence to support a conviction for using or possessing a gun during and in relation to a drug trafficking offense.
In this case, a government informant went to a drug source with the …
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