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U.S. v. Gibson, No. 96-6437 (6th Cir.) (135 F.3d 1124) (February 10, 1998) (Judge David G. Jr. Dowd)

Loaded on March 1, 1998 published in Punch and Jurists March 30, 1998
Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Possession or Use of Firearms.

This case involves another of those marvelous linguistic subtleties that we so often see under the Guidelines. Application Note 3 to U.S.S.G. § 2D1.1 states that a sentence enhancement for possession of a weapon is required whenever a gun is present "unless it is clearly improbable that the weapon was ...

 

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