United States Ninth Circuit

Court found sufficient nexus between weapons found in defendant's home, and a drug trafficking operation to support conviction for possession of a firearm in the furtherance of a drug trafficking offense, under U.S.C. section 924.

Appellate Information

• Argued 03/30/2004
• Decided 06/04/2004
• Published 06/04/2004

Judges

• TALLMAN, Circuit Judge:, Before:  GOODWIN, PREGERSON, and TALLMAN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• William J. Kopeny, Irvine, CA, for the defendant-appellant., Todd T. Tristan, Assistant United States Attorney, Santa Ana, CA, for the plaintiff-appellee.