Smith v. U.S., No. 91-8674 (U.S. Supreme Court) (508 U.S. 223; 113 S.Ct. 2050) (June 1, 1993) (Justice O'Connor)
Here the Court held that "during and in relation to" a drug trafficking crime means that the firearm "must have some purpose or effect with the drug trafficking crime; its presence or absence cannot be the result of accident or coincidence".
In this case, the Court upheld the conviction of ...
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