Legal Opinion
United States v. Lipscomb
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided August 21, 2008No. 07-1293PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.
Anthony Lipscomb was indicted by a federal grand jury on three counts: possession with the intent to distribute five or more grams of cocaine base, possession of a gun in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, and possession of a gun as a convicted felon. After a three-day jury trial, he was convicted on all counts and sentenced to 195 months’ imprisonment. Lipscomb now appeals his conviction and sentence on various grounds. After careful consideration of each of his arguments, we affirm his conviction, but remand for resentencing.
I. Background
Because Lipscomb…
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