AND · 18usc924:penalty.brandish
Exact element source
(ii) if the firearm is brandished, be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than 7 years; andSource:
docroot/ir/usc/title18.jsonl#title18_sec924; Unicode character offsets [4892:4995] (end exclusive); SHA-256 899fad466e76614e7f7b0bb794089010ef0af034312bcd194c76394228dbfdc4.(4) For purposes of this subsection, the term "brandish" means, with respect to a firearm, to display all or part of the firearm, or otherwise make the presence of the firearm known to another person, in order to intimidate that person, regardless of whether the firearm is directly visible to that person.Source:
docroot/ir/usc/title18.jsonl#title18_sec924; Unicode character offsets [7048:7354] (end exclusive); SHA-256 899fad466e76614e7f7b0bb794089010ef0af034312bcd194c76394228dbfdc4.All variants
| Variant | Description | Merits instance blocks | Distinct cases | Example cases (up to 3 per group) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unspecified variant | No variant assigned in the database. | 0 Satisfied 0; not satisfied 0; excluded context 1 | 0 | No counted merits examples Excluded context examples: /us/556/0568-01 — Supreme Court of the United States · 2009 — rule-announced/merits |
How courts decided this element
| Case | Element | Holding and scope | Variant | Exact source quotations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| /us/556/0568-01 — Supreme Court of the United States · 2009 | Seven-year brandishing minimum | not_reached Excluded from merits counts rule-announced / merits claim: (c)(1)(A)(iii) Structural contrast only: brandishing carries an intent requirement through the (c)(4) definition ("in order to intimidate"); discharge has none. Whether Dean brandished was not in issue. | Unspecified variant | The defendant must have intended to brandish the firearm, because the brandishing must have been done for a specific purpose.Source: docroot/ir/caselaw/us_556.jsonl#/us/556/0568-01; Unicode character offsets [5559:5684] (end exclusive); SHA-256 8dcdaa28023fec01d4ddfa8fcffe04c5ce5ef1a2e833faa40777b9e858bdfb6b. |