CARDENAS, AKA RAMIREZ

v.

UNITED STATES

Citator

Cited By (16 total)

• United States v. Williams, 923 F.2d 1397 (10th Cir. 1990)
  …e criminal undertaking would succeed.” United States v. McKinnell, 888 F. 2d 669, 675 (10th Cir.1989) (quoting United States v. Matra, 841 F. 2d 837, 843 (8th Cir.1988)); United States v. Cardenas, 864 F. 2d 1528, 1533 (10th Cir.1989), cert. denied, 491 U.S. 909, 109 S.Ct. 3197, 105 L.Ed.2d 705 (1989); see United States v. Sullivan, 919 F. 2d 1403, 1430, 1431-32 (10th Cir.1990). Here the firearms were entwined with the drug operation. The success of such a retail distribution operation is predicated upon a…
• United States v. Wright, 932 F.2d 868 (10th Cir. 1991)
  …bility increased the likelihood that the criminal venture would be successful. See United States v. Martinez, 912 F. 2d 419, 420 (10th Cir.1990); McKinnell, 888 F. 2d at 675; United States v. Cardenas, 864 F. 2d 1528, 1533 (10th Cir.), cert. denied, 491 U.S. 909, 109 S.Ct. 3197, 105 L.Ed.2d 705 (1989). The facilitation of the crime through the use of a firearm may be accomplished by “emboldenpng] an actor who had the opportunity or ability to display or discharge the weapon to protect [herself or] himself…
• United States v. McDONALD, 933 F.2d 1519 (10th Cir. 1991)
  …iction on the drug charge. Under Defendant’s seat was the loaded pistol with the butt pointing out for easy and quick access. Defendant knew the weapon was there. The case of United States v. Cardenas, 864 F. 2d 1528, 1533 (10th Cir.), cert. denied, 491 U.S. 909, 109 S.Ct. 3197, 105 L.Ed.2d 705 (1989), where we said constructive possession is sufficient to sustain a firearm possession conviction is dispositive of this issue. See also United States v. Martinez, 912 F. 2d 419 (10th Cir.1990) (definition of ca…