United States v. Michael Duane Knox

LOKEN, Circuit Judge.

Michael Duane Knox appeals his conviction on drug and weapons charges. He argues that he did not violate 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1) because he did not use his gun during a drug trafficking crime, and that the district court 1 erred in admitting illegally seized evidence, denying him adequate access to a law library, declining to sever two separate drug charges, and allowing the prosecution to make an improper closing argument. We affirm.

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