United States v. Charles Poole, United States of America v. Stephen Clayton Upchurch

HALL, Circuit Judge:

Stephen Clayton Upchurch (Upchurch) and Charles Brian Poole (Poole) appeal from their convictions, following a bench trial, of conspiracy to distribute marijuana in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846 and possession with intent to distribute marijuana and aiding and abetting in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2 and 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1). Finding no error, we affirm.

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On the night of June 3, 1980, Lexington County Sheriff’s Office Investigator Thom*673as E. Clark (Clark) received information from the Lexington radio dispatcher that a plane carrying approximately 300 pounds of marijuana had…