Legal Opinion
United States v. Lee Murray Ferryman
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 18, 2006No. 05-30081PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLIFTON, Circuit Judge.
Defendant Lee Murray Ferryman appeals the district court’s finding that he was ineligible for safety valve relief from a mandatory minimum sentence for manufacturing marijuana. At issue in this appeal is whether the district court clearly erred in finding that Ferryman possessed eleven firearms in connection with the drug offense, after Ferryman argued that he possessed the firearms primarily for the protection of his family. We conclude that it did not, and thus we affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
In October, 2003, police officers searched Ferryman’s home pursuant to a warrant. The…
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