United States v. Darwin Jay Copeland Anthony Antoine Hartwell

OPINION

COLE, JR., Circuit Judge.

Defendants-Appellants Darwin Jay Copeland and Anthony Antoine Hartwell appeal their convictions and sentences stemming from charges of conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance under 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a) and 846 and for possession of a firearm by a felon under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g). The defendants collectively raise seven claims on appeal. For the reasons discussed below, we AFFIRM the judgment of the district court.

I. BACKGROUND

Copeland and Hartwell (“the defendants”) were alleged to be members of an elaborate drug operation in the Flint, Michigan area. On…