American Oil Co. v. State Tax Commissioner

How courts have described this case

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• explaining that “the mere fact that a drug offender possesses a firearm does not necessarily give rise to the firearms enhancement” (internal citation and quotation omitted)
• noting the only evidence presented in support of the enhancement was that three firearms were found in the defendant’s residence, where no activities related to the conspiracy had occurred
• requiring some nexus between the firearm and the drug crime
• “[T]he government must show that the firearm had ‘some purpose or effect with respect to the drug trafficking crime; its presence or involvement cannot be the result of accident or coincidence.’” (citing United States v. Timmons, 283 F.3d 1246, 1251 (11th Cir. 2002)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).