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U.S. v. WILLIS

No. 92-5490.

992 F.2d 489 (1993)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Rahn Kristopher WILLIS, a/k/a Darin Andre Smith, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided April 28, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James B. Craven, III, Durham, NC, argued, for defendant-appellant.

Sandra Jane Hairston, Asst. U.S. Atty., Greensboro, NC, argued (Robert H. Edmunds, Jr., U.S. Atty., of counsel), for plaintiff-appellee.

Before MURNAGHAN and WILKINS, Circuit Judges, and CHAPMAN, Senior Circuit Judge.

OPINION

WILKINS, Circuit Judge:

Rahn Kristopher Willis pled guilty to possession with the intent to distribute cocaine base, 21 U.S.C.A. § 841(a)(1) (West 1981), and to using or carrying a firearm "during and in relation to ... [a] drug trafficking crime," 18 U.S.C.A. § 924(c)(1) (West Supp. 1992). Willis appeals his conviction of the firearm charge, contending that an inoperable firearm is not a "firearm" within the meaning of § 924(c)(1...

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