Topic: an 'otherwise unlawful use' under 2k2.1(b)(2) must be some… · Go Syfert
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3 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 11 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from United States v. Jesus Mendoza-Alvarez.

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1 United States v. Jesus Mendoza-Alvarez Anchor
ca8 · 1996
green “an 'otherwise unlawful use' under 2k2.1(b)(2) must be some action similar to an 'unlawful discharge,' such as using to gun to threaten or beat another person.” 4
2 United States v. Benito Ramirez-Rios
ca8 · 2001
green “in determining whether 2k2.1(b)(2) applies, the focus of the inquiry is the 'intended lawful use” 4

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