Legal Opinion
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Leon Clifford FOSTER, Defendant-Appellant
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided January 13, 1999No. 89-10405PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TROTT, Circuit Judge:
This is our fourth attempt to resolve Foster’s appeal of his 1989 convictions of (1) conspiracy to manufacture and distribute methamphetamine, (2) possessing methamphetamine, and (3) carrying a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1) (1988). The only remaining issue in this long saga 1 is whether the evidence presented in the district court was sufficient to prove the “carries a firearm” element of the § 924(c)(1) offense, as that element was recently clarified by the Supreme Court in Muscarello v. United States,…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- United States v. OlanoSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
- Johnson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
- Bailey v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
- Muscarello v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1998
- UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Louise Han PEREZ; Joseph Eclavea Perez; John Velasco Cruz, Defendants-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1997
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3Cited by21 opinions
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- United States v. David Lynn FurrowCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2000
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