United States Ninth Circuit

Convictions and sentence for possession of cocaine with intent to distribute and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense are affirmed over claims that: 1) insufficient evidence supported the convictions; 2) the district court plainly erred by failing to provide the meaning of the term "in furtherance" to the jury; 3) the district court abused its discretion when it denied his motion to sever; and 4) a mandatory minimum sentence imposed violated his Sixth Amendment rights.

Appellate Information

• Argued 12/05/2006
• Decided 02/27/2007
• Published 02/27/2007

Judges

• T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judge., Before:  T.G. NELSON, RONALD M. GOULD, and CONSUELO M. CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Anne R. Traum, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Las Vegas, NV, for the defendant-appellant., Christina M. Brown, Assistant United States Attorney, Las Vegas, NV, for the plaintiff-appellee.