· 3/12/2024
Omotoye v. Td Bank
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- upholding conviction in large part because of evidence showing that the firearm was “sufficiently accessible” to defendant
- finding gun was accessible in case of emergency where gun was located in grass-catcher bag next to drugs
- finding gun was accessible in case of emergency where gun was located in grass-catcher bag next to drugs
- sufficient evidence to support use where weapon was stored with some of the drugs but across the backyard from the rest
- in the context of crack houses, “protection of a drug operation may be presumed from the amount of firepower discovered on the premises”
- admission that the gun was previously used to protect possession of drugs supported section 924(c) conviction
Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).
Judges: Judge Christopher R. Cooper
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