United States Ninth Circuit

It is improper to apply a weapons enhancement if the underlying offense requires a possession of a firearm even if the enhancement is based on a codefendant's use of a firearm different than that used by the defendant.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/15/2000
• Decided 03/08/2001
• Published 03/08/2001

Judges

• WARDLAW, Circuit Judge:, Before:  HUG, TROTT, and WARDLAW, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Sarah Courageous,Sarah Courageous, A Law Corporation, Honolulu, Hawaii, for defendant-appellant Gary Aquino., Elizabeth A. Fisher, Honolulu, Hawaii, for defendant-appellant Robert Aquino., Ronald G. Johnson, Assistant United States Attorney, Honolulu, Hawaii, for the plaintiff-appellee.