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· 9/15/2005

United States v. Aric R. Bothun

Citations

  • 424 F.3d 582
  • 2005 U.S. App. LEXIS 19820
  • 2005 WL 2233496

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that the government established possession based solely on the fact that the weapons were found in the defendant’s home and near drug paraphernalia
  • finding gun was presumptively connected to drug activity where gun was found in bedroom of home and drugs were found in other parts of the home
  • finding gun was presumptively connected to drug activity where gun was found in bedroom of home and drugs were No. 07-2375 13 found in other parts of the home
  • “[G]uns found in close proximity to drug activity are presumptively connected to that activity.” (quotation marks omitted)
  • firearms were found in defendant’s home and storage units near drugs and drug par‐ aphernalia
  • “guns found in close proximity to drug activity are presumptively connected to that activity.”

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Judges: Easterbrook, Wood, Sykes

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