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· 3/4/1991

United States v. Rafael Antonia Paz

Citations

  • 927 F.2d 176
  • 1991 U.S. App. LEXIS 3359
  • 1991 WL 25711

How courts have described this case

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  • finding no abuse of discretion in district court’s refusal to reopen case for defendant after both parties had presented proof, rested, made closing arguments, and district court rendered a verdict
  • finding no abuse of discretion in district court’s refusal to reopen a case for the defendant after both parties had presented proof, rested, made closing arguments, and the district court rendered a verdict
  • no abuse of discretion in denying motion to reopen where motion was made after verdict was reached
  • Sec. 924(c)(1) conviction upheld where gun is present and accessible, although under mattress, because presence facilitates success of criminal undertaking
  • a gun underneath a mattress was \used\ in furtherance of a drug crime
  • held affidavits from sentencing witnesses other than accused admissible at courts-martial

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Judges: Sprouse, Wilkins, Ellis, Eastern, Virginia

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