United States v. David Lloyd Nickens

LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge.

Appellant, David Lloyd Nickens, appeals from his conviction in the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico. Nickens was indicted and convicted in a jury trial on three counts: importation of cocaine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 952(a); possession of cocaine with intent to distribute in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1); and arrival in the United States on board an aircraft in possession of cocaine not entered in the aircraft’s manifest, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 955. The district court sentenced Nickens to 95 months imprisonment on each…