Samson v. United States

Alemay Samson was charged with attempted distribution of marijuana1 and attempted possession with intent to distribute marijuana 2 stemming, respectively, from a sale to an undercover officer inside an apartment on one day and the recovery of marijuana from the same apartment two days later when Samson was arrested during the execution of a search warrant. After he was arrested, Samson was identified by the undercover officer as the person who sold the contraband two days earlier. Samson was convicted on the two charges and he now seeks reversal, contending both that the evidence on the sale…