United States v. Lionel Spell and Stanley Watson

Lionel Spell and Stanley Watson appeal from separate judgments of conviction in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Robert W. Sweet, Judge, for distribution of heroin within 1,000 feet of a public school in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 812, 841(a)(1), and 845a (1982 & Supp. II 1984). During the three-day trial, the government presented evidence of a single undercover “buy and bust” transaction.

We find no merit to Spell’s claim that there was insufficient evidence to support his conviction of aiding and abetting the narcotics transaction. Detective Donawa…