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· 5/22/1997

United States v. Floyd Maurice Wilson, A/K/A Chinky, United States of America v. Floyd Maurice Wilson, A/K/A Chinky

Citations

  • 114 F.3d 429
  • 1997 U.S. App. LEXIS 11940
  • 1997 WL 269332

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that possession of a firearm by co-conspirators is not attributable to the defendant under the safety valve
  • holding that possession of a firearm by co-conspirators is not attributable to the defendant under the safety valve
  • refusing to attribute co-conspirators possession of a firearm to the defendant for the purpose of blocking the safety valve's application
  • reversing downward departure based on district court's finding that defendant's attention to his children was extraordinary based on the defendant's lack of parental guidance as a child
  • \[T]he determinative inquiry is whether the individual facts that the district court is considering are taken into account in the heartland of situations encompassed within the applicable guideline.\
  • district court found circumstantial evidence that possession was in connection with conspiracy

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Judges: Hall, Wilkins, Niemeyer

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