· 8/24/1995
United States v. Freddie Hubbard
Citations
- 61 F.3d 1261
- 1995 WL 429111
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- concluding that firearms and narcotics charges were misjoined where nearly a year and a half transpired between the two offenses
- concluding that firearms and narcotics charges were misjoined where the firearms were discovered more than 17 months after the defendant’s final drug transaction
- “that Hubbard did not own the guns does not vitiate his possession of them for purposes of section 922(g)”
- “fire- arms are recognized as tools of the drug trade; . . . posses- sion of a weapon is often a hallmark of drug trafficking.”
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Judges: Flaum, Easterbrook, Rovner
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