U.S. v. GOITOM

Case No. 3:11-CR-21 (RNC).

867 F.Supp.2d 290 (2012)

UNITED STATES v. Ephraim GOITOM.

United States District Court, D. Connecticut.

April 5, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David B. Fein , U.S. Attorney's Office, New Haven, CT, Tracy L. Dayton , U.S. Attorney's Office, Bridgeport, CT, for United States.

Deirdre A. Murray , Federal Public Defender's Office, Hartford, CT, Paul F. Thomas , Ronald B. Resetarits , Federal Public Defender's Office, New Haven, CT, Peter W. Hull , Law Office of Peter W. Hull, Simsbury, CT, for Ephraim Goitom.


RULING AND ORDER

ROBERT N. CHATIGNY, District Judge.

This case is before the Court on the defendant's motion to dismiss. The issue is whether, under Second Circuit precedent, the facts alleged by the government in this case support two counts of use of a firearm in connection with a drug-trafficking offense in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) or only one. I conclude that the defendant's two alleged uses of a firearm — consisting of firing...

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