Legal Opinion
United States v. Brown
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 16, 1998No. 95-31000PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judge:
We granted rehearing en banc as to count twenty-four, which alleged violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1), to consider whether to adopt a harmless error rule in eases in which a jury convicts a defendant under an erroneous pre-Bailey “use” instruction.
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Defendant, Alfred Brown, supplied drugs to the Bottoms Boys, a street gang in Shreveport, Louisiana. Police conducted a lengthy investigation of the gang that culminated in the arrest of Brown and thirteen other gang members. 1 A grand jury indicted Brown on several offenses, including count twenty-four which charged…
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