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· 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

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  • 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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