United States Third Circuit

Bartering illegal drugs for a gun constitutes illegal use of a firearm in connection with drug trafficking, invoking the mandatory sentence provisions of 18 U.S.C. section 924; evidence of brandishing the gun on subsequent occasions was admissible in connection with a count charging a drug distribution conspiracy.

Appellate Information

• Argued 05/01/2002
• Decided 06/27/2002
• Published 06/27/2002

Judges

• Before:  NYGAARD, ROTH, and WEIS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Third Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Karen S. Gerlach (Argued), Assistant Federal Public Defender, Shelley Stark, Federal Public Defender, Pittsburgh, PA, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Michael L. Ivory (Argued), Assistant United States Attorney, Bonnie R. Schlueter, Assistant United States Attorney, Mary Beth Buchanan, United States Attorney, Pittsburgh, PA, for Appellee.