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· 6/20/1990

United States v. Frederick William Heldberg

Citations

  • 907 F.2d 91
  • 1990 U.S. App. LEXIS 9840
  • 1990 WL 82182

How courts have described this case

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  • affirming district court's finding that defendant's account was not credible where gun was found in close proximity to drugs
  • “A handgun, such as a .25 caliber semi-automatic revolver, is designed to be used to threaten, injure, or kill human beings; it is not ordinarily used to hunt game.”
  • not clearly improbable that unloaded handgun located in car trunk was connected to defendant's possession of drugs
  • recovered gun was possessed during time period of importation of drugs
  • gun ________ found in briefcase in trunk of defendant's car

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Judges: Alarcon, Brunetti, O'Scannlain

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