First Circuit: US v. Gonzalez-Negron

Souter, by designation.

No plain error in court's acceptance of plea for possession of a weapon in furtherance of a drug crime where the gun and the drugs were found in separate areas of the residence, given modificaitons to gun and gov't proffer to prove role in drug scheme.

No plain error in colloquy's omission of clarification of "in furtherance," as it is a plain term, and there was no showing that deft would have changed the plea.

http://media.ca1.uscourts.gov/pdf.opinions/17-1302P-01A.pdf