U.S. v. Vaziri, No. 97-8117 (10th Cir.) (164 F.3d 556) (January 6, 1999) (Judge Stephen H. Anderson)
Loaded on Feb. 1, 1999
published in Punch and Jurists
February 15, 1999
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Possession or Use of Firearms.
This is one of those cases that shows the wondrous word games of criminal justice. One of the issues in this case was whether two of the defendants "possessed" a gun during a drug conspiracy. If they did, the courts are authorized to impose a two-level "gun bump" enhancement under ...
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