Legal Opinion
United States v. George A. Webster, Jr.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided May 30, 1996No. 95-2026PublishedCited by 91 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLOYD R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.
In a seven count indictment, the Government charged George A. Webster, Jr., with committing various narcotics and firearms offenses. A jury convicted Webster on all counts, and he now appeals. Though a recent Supreme Court opinion requires us to reverse Webster’s conviction for violating 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1) (1994) by using or carrying a firearm “during and in relation to” a drug trafficking crime, we otherwise affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
On September 28, 1998, Missouri officials arrested James Suggs as he was travelling to a location where he was scheduled to sell a…
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