United States Sixth Circuit

The Court confirmed that 18 U.S.C. - 924(c) criminalizes two separate and distinct offenses, stating that use of a firearm "in furtherance of" differs from "during and in relation to" the commission of a crime.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/04/2004
• Published 06/04/2004

Judges

• COOK, Circuit Judge., Before:  SILER, BATCHELDER, and COOK, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Keely J. O'Bryan,John T. Sunderland, Thompson Hine (briefed), Columbus, OH, for Appellant., Leon Combs (briefed), Manchester, KY, pro se.


• For Appellees:
  
• Charles P. Wisdom, Jr. (briefed), Assistant United States Attorney, Lexington, KY, for Appellee.