District court’s conviction of defendant for drug related crimes is affirmed where: 1) evidence was sufficient to prove that defendant possessed the rifle in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime; and 2) defendant’s admissions regarding the amount of drugs were sufficient to support the district court’s relevant conduct findings.    

Read US v. Vaughn, No. 08-4169

Appellate Information

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana, South Bend Division

Decided November 3, 2009

Judges

Before:  Kanne, Wood, and  Rovner, Circuit Judges

Opinion by Rovner, Circuit Judge

You Don’t Have To Solve This on Your Own – Get a Lawyer’s Help

Civil Rights

Block on Trump’s Asylum Ban Upheld by Supreme Court

Criminal

Judges Can Release Secret Grand Jury Records

Politicians Can’t Block Voters on Facebook, Court Rules