United States Eighth Circuit

Conviction and sentence for possession of a firearm during the commission of a drug trafficking crime is reversed and remanded where the district court's jury instruction, though correct when given, was inconsistent with Supreme Court's recent ruling in Watson v. US, 128 S. Ct. 579 (2007).

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/18/2008
• Published 04/18/2008

Judges

• PER CURIAM., Before LOKEN, Chief Judge, JOHN R. GIBSON and MELLOY, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Rees Conrad Douglas, Sioux City, IA, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Forde Fairchild, AUSA, Sioux City, IA, for appellee.