United States v. Crass

CYR, Circuit Judge. Appellant Michael Crass challenges his conviction and sentence for using a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime. See 18 U.S.C. § 924 (c)(1). Finding no error, we affirm. On June 4, 1993, the Providence Police Department executed a search warrant at the Crass apartment and discovered marijuana and cocaine throughout. On a closet shelf, the police found seventeen baggies of cocaine and two pistols. Although the hand grip on one firearm was broken, both were loaded and operable. The putative owner testified for the defense that he had left one unloaded firearm with Crass for repair six months prior to the search, and the other for safekeeping a week before the search.