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· 11/15/1996

United States v. Floyd Elodius Cotton, Sr.

Citations

  • 101 F.3d 52
  • 1996 U.S. App. LEXIS 29748
  • 1996 WL 663301

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that the district court’s decision granting a new trial based on a faulty jury instruction was an incorrect determination of law
  • finding evidence that defendant had a gun protruding from his pants pocket when stopped by the police undisput-edly showed that defendant was “carrying” a gun
  • finding evidence that defendant had a gun protruding from his pants pocket when stopped by the police undisputedly showed that defendant was \carrying\ a gun

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Judges: Cummings, Easterbrook, Evans

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