INDEPENDENT INSURANCE AGENTS OF AMERICA, INC., ET AL.

v.

BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM ET AL.

Citator

Cited By

• United States v. Derr, 990 F.2d 1330 (D.C. Cir. 1993)
  …s “sufficiently accessible” to defendant); United States v. Lyman, 892 F. 2d 751, 754 n. 4 (8th Cir.1989) (“The key is always whether the placement of the gun or guns suggests they would be quickly available for use in an emergency.”), cert. denied, 498 U.S. 810, 111 S.Ct. 45, 112 L.Ed.2d 21 (1990). That evidence is missing here. In this case, the second factor, the proximity of the gun to the drugs, also cuts against, rather than in favor of, a conclusion that the gun was used to protect the stash. It i…
• United States v. Trent L. Williams, 982 F.2d 1209 (8th Cir. 1992)
  …eed only find a ‘sufficient nexus’ between the [firearm] and the drug trafficking crime.” United States v. Watson, 953 F. 2d 406, 409 (8th Cir.1992) (citations omitted), citing United States v. Lyman, 892 F. 2d 751, 752 (8th Cir.1989), cert. denied, 498 U.S. 810, 111 S.Ct. 45, 112 L.Ed.2d 21 (1990). We hold there was sufficient evidence from which the jury could have reasonably found that appellant “used” the handgun during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime. In the present case the handgun, which…
• United States v. Boykin, 986 F.2d 270 (8th Cir. 1993)
  …. 2d 1242, 1248 (8th Cir.1992). The controlling factor is “whether the placement of the gun or guns suggests that they would be quickly available for use in an emergency.” United States v. Lyman, 892 F. 2d 751, 754 n. 4 (8th Cir.1989), cert. denied, 498 U.S. 810, 111 S.Ct. 45, 112 L.Ed.2d 21 (1990). The firearms were loaded and placed in ready availability where Boykin could easily retrieve them to protect his drug operation. We find that the evidence was sufficient to support the jury’s verdict on the § 92…