United States Sixth Circuit

Evidence of illegally possessed, loaded, short-barreled shotgun in the living room of a crack house, easily accessible and located near the scales and razor blades is sufficient to support a conviction of possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug felony under 21 USC 924(c).

Appellate Information

• Argued 06/13/2001
• Decided 09/12/2001
• Published 09/12/2001

Judges

• Before MARTIN, Chief Judge;  NORRIS, Circuit Judge;  QUIST, District Judge.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Richard Leigh Grinalds, Asst. U.S. Atty. (argued and briefed), Jackson, TN, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Stephen B. Shankman (argued and briefed), Office of the Public Defender for the Western Dist. of TN, Memphis, TN, for Defendant-Appellant.