United States v. Gaylord Sparrow

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• stating that we examine the “totality of the evidence, both direct and circumstantial” and credit “all available inferences in favor of the government” (citation and internal quotation marks omitted)
• noting relevance of “the type of drug activity that is being conducted,” the “accessibility of the firearm,” and the “proximity to drugs or drug profits”
• setting out eight-factor test for determining whether possession of a firearm is “in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime”
• affirming a § 924(c)(1)(A) conviction when a defendant had stashed a loaded handgun under the floor with drugs
• “[I]mmediate accessibility [of the gun] at the time of search or arrest is not a legal requirement for a § 924(c) conviction.”
• “[I]mmediate accessibility [of the gun] at the time of search or arrest is not a legal requirement for a § 924(c) conviction.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).