United States Ninth Circuit

A mandatory minimum sentence for manufacturing marijuana pursuant to a finding that defendant was ineligible for safety valve relief is affirmed where the district court did not clearly err in finding that defendant possessed firearms in connection with the drug offense despite a claim that defendant possessed the firearms primarily for the protection of his family.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/18/2006
• Published 04/18/2006

Judges

• CLIFTON, Circuit Judge., Before JOHNNIE B. RAWLINSON and RICHARD R. CLIFTON, Circuit Judges, and LARRY A. BURNS, District Judge.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Suzanne Lee Elliott, Seattle, WA, for the appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• John McKay, United States Attorney, and William H. Redkey, Jr., Assistant United States Attorney, Seattle, WA, for the appellee.