Legal Opinion
United States v. Virgie L. Willis
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 2, 1990No. 89-30076PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NELSON, Circuit Judge:
Appellant Virgie L. Willis, who pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute cocaine, appeals the enhancement of her sentence under the United States Sentencing Commission Guidelines (“Guidelines”) based on the presence of a firearm during the commission of the offense. She claims that that enhancement was inappropriate since the gun was in the possession of a co-conspirator and there was no evidence in the record indicating that she knew about its presence. We reject this argument and affirm.
FACTS
On October 14, 1988, officials from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)…
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