U.S. v. HIGHSMITH

Docket No. 11-48-cr.

688 F.3d 74 (2012)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. John HIGHSMITH, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: August 8, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nicholas J. Pinto , New York, N.Y., for Defendant-Appellant.

Daniel S. Silver , Susan Corkery , Assistant United States Attorneys, for Loretta E. Lynch, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Brooklyn, N.Y., for Appellee.

Before: LIVINGSTON, LYNCH, and DRONEY, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Defendant-appellant John Highsmith pled guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 846 and 841(b)(1)(A)(iii), and one count of weapons possession in furtherance of a drug-trafficking crime in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c). He appealed, arguing that the district court erred by failing to make a specific finding of fact as to whether the firearm, which he admits to having possessed in furtherance...

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