· 7/25/2000
United States v. Rodney White
Citations
- 222 F.3d 363
- 55 Fed. R. Serv. 232
- 2000 U.S. App. LEXIS 17855
- 2000 WL 1022326
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that a court may not both convict under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) for use of weapon and impose the guidelines enhancement under U.S.S.G. § 2B3.1(b)(2) for use of the same weapon in the same crime
- a defendant may testify to the fact of a prior convic- tion on direct examination as a matter of trial strategy in order to lessen the impact of the information on the jury
- noting contrary holdings of Willett and Knobloch
- discussing the alternate enhancement procedures
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Judges: Posner, Flaum, Ripple
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