United States v. Roberto Medina

How courts have described this case

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• holding that a division of labor may amount to facilitation where an un- No. 03-2975 5 armed person’s presence during a robbery makes it easier for the co-conspirator to carry a firearm
• requiring some active involvement in the principal's use of the firearm for conviction on aiding and abetting
• “[T]he language of the statute requires proof that he performed some act that directly facilitated or encouraged the use or carrying of a firearm.”
• “It could be said that a defendant who is present but unarmed during the commission of a crime may ... make it easier for another to carry a firearm and therefore aid and abet that act.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).