United States v. James Bass, Jr.

Opinion for the Court filed by Chief Judge BAZELON.

BAZELON, Chief Judge:

James Bass was convicted by a jury of three counts of distribution of a controlled substance in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a), and was sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment on each count, all sentences to run concurrently. He appeals both the conviction and the sentence. We affirm.

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On July 13, 1974, Carl Holmes, a drug addict for over 25 years with a long criminal record and at the time on parole until 1977, sold $300 of heroin and $100 of cocaine to undercover Drug Enforcement Administration Agent James Quander. On July…