Legal Opinion
United States v. Jeffery L. Dickerson
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 23, 2013No. 11-3285PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TINDER, Circuit Judge.
In August 2010, Jeffery Dickerson sold several bags of crack cocaine to Debra Vankuiken in exchange for five guns. Based on that trade, a jury convicted Dick erson of knowingly possessing firearms in furtherance of drug distribution under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c). Dickerson appeals, contending that 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) does not cover such guns-for-drugs exchanges; that the district court’s jury instructions stating otherwise were given in error; and that a discrepancy between the offense date charged in the indictment and the date for which the government offered evidence at…
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