United States v. Tyson Trotter

KELLY, Circuit Judge.

Tyson Trotter was convicted by a jury of a conspiracy to distribute, and to possess with intent to distribute, methamphetamine in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846. The district court 1 sentenced Trotter to the statutory mandatory minimum sentence of twenty years’ imprisonment, pursuant to 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(A). On appeal, Trotter asserts the district court erred in allowing testimony at trial regarding text messages in violation of the best evidence rule. He also appeals his conviction on the grounds that the evidence was insufficient to prove he entered into a conspiracy…