United States v. D'AnDre Torres, A/K/A Danny Scott, A/K/A D

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge WILLIAMS wrote the majority opinion, in which Judge LUTTIG joined. Senior Judge HAMILTON wrote a dissenting opinion.

*837OPINION

WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:

D’Andre Torres filed a motion for collateral relief under 28 U.S.C.A. § 2255 (West Supp.1999), asserting that his conviction for conspiring to possess with intent to distribute cocaine base in violation of 21 U.S.C.A. § 846 (West 1999) should be overturned because of several alleged constitutional defects in his trial. The United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina denied the motion…