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)
In this case, the Court upheld the conviction of a defendant who had traded a gun for drugs. The Court held that "one who transports, exports, sells, or trades a firearm 'uses' it" in violation of ยง 924(c)(1). In arriving at that holding, the Court described a number of different ...
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