United States v. Jackie Wayne Blankenship

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• involving a similar, but reverse, harmless error in a trial court’s charge on a gun count
• finding that an indictment charging the “use” of a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking offense was not constructively amended by the district court’s addition of the term “carry” when instructing the jury
• “use” means that the firearm played a role in or facilitated the commission of drug offense, i.e. that firearm was an integral part of the drug trafficking

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