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Opinion of the Court
Filed
Dec. 10, 2007
Case
Watson v. United States
Case status
Decided

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*76Justice Souter delivered the opinion of the Court. The question is whether a person who trades his drugs for a gun “uses” a firearm “during and in relation to . . . [a] drug trafficking crime” within the meaning of 18 U. S. C. § 924(c)(1)(A).1 We hold that he does not.…

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