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US v. SOM (11/15/00 - No. 99-1278)


A court may not impose a sentence enhancement for using a short-barreled rifle during a bank robbery, under 18 USC 924(c), when the plea agreement and the indictment did not specify what type of firearm defendants used in robbery.

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