Legal Opinion
Bailey v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided December 6, 1995No. 94-7448PublishedCited by 2,984 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice O’Connor
These consolidated petitions each challenge a conviction under 18 U. S. C. § 924(c)(1). In relevant part, that section imposes a 5-year minimum term of imprisonment upon a person who “during and in relation to any crime of violence or drug trafficking crime . . . uses or carries a firearm.” We are asked to decide whether evidence of the proximity and accessibility of a firearm to drugs or drug proceeds is alone sufficient to support a conviction for “use” of a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking offense under 18 U. S. C. § 924(c)(1).
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In May 1989, petitioner Roland Bailey was…
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