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U.S. v. Westmoreland, No. 96-1217 (7th Cir.) (122 F.3d 431) (August 20, 1997) (Judge Ilana Diamond Rovner)

Loaded on Oct. 1, 1997 published in Punch and Jurists October 13, 1997
Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Possession or Use of Firearms.

Here the Government agents gave the defendant an inoperable, unloaded gun in the place of currency and then attempted to convict him for the crime of using or carrying a gun during and in relation to a drug trafficking offense - even though he held the inoperable gun just momentarily ...

 

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