United States v. Gerald Jett

ALDRICH, Senior Circuit Judge.

Gerald Jett was convicted as a result of jury verdicts on three counts charging disposition of cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1). His chief claim on this appeal is that, for a number of reasons, he should have received directed verdicts of acquittal. We affirm.

The principal government witness was narcotics special agent O’Brien. He testified to a meeting with Jett in an apartment in Boston. Also present was Loren Jacobs, a government informant who had brought Jett to O’Brien’s attention. Jett produced a plastic bag which he announced contained cocaine…