United States v. Esau Juarez-Ortega

U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · Decided 1989-01-31

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PER CURIAM: The defendant, convicted of two counts of distribution of cocaine, challenges the district court’s consideration during sentencing of his possession of a handgun, on the grounds that the jury acquitted him of a substantive count of carrying a firearm during a drug trafficking offense. Finding that the district court coul…

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