United States v. Gibbs

OPINION OF THE COURT

BECKER, Chief Judge.

This opinion addresses the appeals of Antjuan Sydnor, Earl Lamont Brown, and Terrence Gibbs, who were convicted of conspiring to distribute cocaine and to possess cocaine with the intent to distribute in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846. Sydnor’s appeal requires us to explore the scope of conspiracy liability for a defendant whose sole involvement in a conspiracy consists of buying drugs from another member of the conspiracy. Brown’s appeal compels us to consider the limits on a government agent’s testimony about the meaning of coded drug conversations. In…