United States v. Perkins, Daniel J.

GARLAND, Circuit Judge:

Daniel Joseph Perkins asks us to vacate his 1991 conviction for the use or carrying of a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking offense. He contends that the district court improperly instructed the jury with respect to the meaning of “use,” as the Supreme Court subsequently defined the term in Bailey v. United States, 516 U.S. 137, 116 S.Ct. 501, 133 L.Ed.2d 472 (1995). Although Perkins did not object to the district court’s instruction at the time, he contends that the standard of review normally applied when an objection has been made, “harmless error”…