PER CURIAM.
In April 1993, Juan Torres Velasquez was convicted of drug trafficking offenses and of violating 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1) by using or carrying a firearm during and in relation to those offenses. At trial, Velasquez did not object to a jury instruction defining "use" of a firearm contrary to the Supreme Court's later decision in Bailey v. United States, ___ U.S. ___, 116 S.Ct. 501, 133 L.Ed.2d 472 (1995). On direct appeal, we rejected Velasquez...
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