United States v. Albert Weston, United States of America v. Paul R. Taylor

SELYA, Circuit Judge.

Following a joint trial, Paul R. Taylor and Albert Weston were convicted of threatening bodily injury with intent to retaliate for information given to law enforcement officials in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1513 (1988). Taylor was also convicted of carrying a firearm during the commission of a crime of violence in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1) (1988). Taylor challenges certain rulings made at the trial. He and Weston both protest the district court’s sentencing determinations. We affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

We summarize the facts in the traditional post-conviction fashion,…