United States v. George Rodgers
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Non-Argument Calendar.
1Per curiam
Appellant George Rodgers was convicted of possession of a firearm during a drug trafficking crime in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1) (1988), and sentenced to five years imprisonment. We affirm this conviction and sentence. Because appellant’s previously imposed sentence for the underlying drug trafficking crime, however, was enhanced due to the same conduct that forms the basis of this conviction, we direct the district court to reduce appellant’s sentence on the drug charge so as to avoid improper double counting.
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Appellant was charged in a multicount indictment with several controlled…
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