United States v. Etienne

THOMPSON, Circuit Judge.

This appeal arises out of the government’s attempt to prove the old adage, where there’s smoke there’s fire. Appellant Estevenson Etienne (“Etienne”) appeals his conviction on a charge of conspiring to distribute cocaine base, otherwise known as “crack.” Thanks to the jury’s •guilty verdict, Etienne found himself sentenced to seventy months (nearly six years) in jail.

Now, Etienne asks us to vacate his conviction because he says the district judge admitted improper overview testimony from a government agent, allowed government witnesses to identify voices on recordings…