United States v. Robert Scott

TERENCE T. EVANS, Circuit Judge.

Robert Scott, along with assorted others, was indicted for conspiracy to possess marijuana and cocaine with intent to distribute. At Scott’s first trial, in 1999, the jury failed to reach a verdict, and the judge declared a mistrial. A second trial did not have a happy ending for Mr. Scott — he was convicted. That trial lasted 2 weeks and saw a cavalcade of witnesses, testimony, and physical evidence. As much as we’d like to inscribe pages and pages of the Federal Reports with details of the drug transactions presented to the jury, we’re not going to. We’ll…