United States v. Ulloa

RHESA HAWKINS BARKSDALE, Circuit Judge:

Primarily at issue in this challenge to a guilty plea under the “use” prong of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1) (additional imprisonment for using or carrying a firearm “in relation to any crime of violence or drug trafficking crime”) is our standard of review in light of Ulloa’s claim, inter alia, that the post-plea decision in Bailey v. United States, — U.S. -, 116 S.Ct. 501, 133 L.Ed.2d 472 (1995), changes our precedent on bartering drugs for firearms. Pursuant to Bailey, Mario Ul-loa claims that, even though he bartered drugs for firearms, he did not actively…