United States Fourth Circuit

A conviction for possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime was supported by sufficient evidence, where a nexus was established between defendant's possession of 19 hits of crack cocaine and the simultaneous possession of a semiautomatic pistol for protection of those drugs.

Appellate Information

• Argued 05/09/2002
• Decided 06/14/2002
• Published 06/14/2002

Judges

• Before WILKINSON, Chief Judge, and WILLIAMS and KING, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Brian Jay Grossman, Eck, Collins & Marstiller, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellant.  Stephen Wiley Miller, Assistant United States Attorney, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee.   ON BRIEF:  Paul J. McNulty, United States Attorney, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee.