United States v. Clarence J. Lomax

How courts have described this case

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• holding that there was sufficient evidence when, inter alia, the defendant was found running down the street with a loaded semiautomatic pistol in his hands and nineteen packaged hits of crack on his person
• holding that § 924(c) “requires the government to present evidence indicating that the possession of a firearm furthered, advanced, or helped forward a drug trafficking crime . . . [and] whether the firearm served such a purpose is ultimately a factual question”
• recognizing the “numerous ways in which a firearm might further or advance drug trafficking”
• explaining that, in order to establish “furtherance,” prosecution must present evidence that firearm furthered, advanced, or helped forward drug trafficking crime, which may include its use in protecting distribution scheme
• recognizing the “numerous ways in which a firearm might further or advance drug trafficking”
• noting that the Ceballos-Torres factors may lead a fact finder to conclude that the necessary nexus between a firearm and a drug trafficking activity exists but that our analysis is not limited to these factors alone

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