United States v. Albert Ray Kitchen

This is an appeal from the district court in a conviction for illegal distribution of a controlled drug pursuant to 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1). This court has reviewed the grounds of error raised and finds there was sufficient evidence to sustain the defendant’s conviction. We also find that no prejudicial error occurred when evidence of a prior transfer of narcotics by Kitchen’s co-defendant Williams was admitted into evidence because the trial court properly instructed the jury that the evidence was not to be considered against the defendant, Kitchen.

However, in accord with United States v.…