United States v. Jerry Urkevich U.S. Court of Appeals Case No. 04-2244 District of Nebraska 5-20-2005
The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the 895-month sentence for meth dealer Jerry Urkevich whose home Omaha police had raided five times before finally arresting him for narcotics and firearms offenses. Each time police found illegal narcotics, mostly methamphetamine, and firearms. When the US Attorney finally charged Urkevich, he was charged with five counts of narcotics and illegal firearms charges. Urkevich lost his appeal on whether he was only “possessing” or “using” a firearm in the course of narcotics dealing. Urkevich also lost his Booker claim; the Court said it was likely he would have been sentenced this long no matter what so there was no plain error.
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