United States v. Coleridge Lewter, Also Known as Corrupt

How courts have described this case

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• noting that “a gun may be possessed for multiple purposes” and that “possession for personal protection does not preclude possession in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense”
• affirming conviction where, inter alia, loaded gun “was stored within feet of Lewter’s drug stash and within Lewter’s reach”
• discussing evidence supporting a jury’s conclusion that the gun had been possessed in furtherance of a drug crime
• gun’s obliterated serial number and hollow-point bullets were indicia of possession for an unlawful purpose
• “Possession of a firearm to defend a drug stash clearly furthers the crime of possession with intent to distribute the contents of that stash.”
• “Possession of a firearm to defend a drug stash clearly furthers the crime of possession with intent to distribute the contents of that stash.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).