Criminal – Sentencing – Firearm Enhancement – Drug Crime

By Deborah Elkins
Published: September 29, 2008

In sentencing defendant for cocaine conspiracy, a Richmond U.S. District Court can impose a two-level firearm enhancement based on statements in a presentence investigative report by confidential sources who said they saw defendant in possession of crack cocaine and a firearm together, and knew he often traded crack for firearms. In determining that an enhancement was ...

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