BURNETTE

v.

UNITED STATES

Citator

Cited By (11 total)

• United States v. Morris, 977 F.2d 617 (D.C. Cir. 1992)
  …6 F. 2d 761, 764 (D.C.Cir.1988). Finally, we have considered relevant the defendant’s recent use of the gun in relation to drug trafficking. Jefferson, supra, 974 F. 2d at 207; United States v. Laing, 889 F. 2d 281, 286 (D.C.Cir.1986), cert. denied, 494 U.S. 1008, 110 S.Ct. 1306, 108 L.Ed.2d 482 (1990); Evans, 888 F. 2d at 895, 896. In determining specifically whether a gun was used to protect the stash of drugs intended for distribution, as opposed to their actual distribution, some cases have focused on t…
• United States v. Parris Raymond Jefferson, 974 F.2d 201 (D.C. Cir. 1992)
  …tion to” his possession of the drugs. First, our prior cases recognize that evidence of the past use of the weapon can help establish the necessary nexus. For example, in United States v. Laing, 889 F. 2d 281, 286, 289 (D.C.Cir.1989), cert. denied, 494 U.S. 1008, 110 S.Ct. 1306, 108 L.Ed.2d 482, 494 U.S. 1069, 110 S.Ct. 1790, 108 L.Ed.2d 792 (1990), we upheld the convictions of two defendants under section 924(c) based, in part, on evidence of their past use of a handgun and machine gun in connection with t…
• United States v. Smith, 957 F.2d 835 (11th Cir. 1992)
  …19, 224 (6th Cir.1990); United States v. Vasquez, 909 F. 2d 235 (7th Cir.1990), cert. denied, — U.S.-, 111 S.Ct. 2826, 115 L.Ed.2d 996 (1991); United States v. Laing, 889 F. 2d 281, 289 (D.C.Cir.1989), cert. denied sub nom., Martin v. United States, 494 U.S. 1008, 110 S.Ct. 1306, 108 L.Ed.2d 482 (1990); Payero, 888 F. 2d at 929; Rosado, 866 F. 2d at 970; we believe all that is needed is “an intent to use the weapon to facilitate in any manner the commission of the offense.” Phelps, 895 F. 2d at 1286 (Kozinsk…