United States v. Eddie Hodge and Nathaniel Robertson

CELEBREZZE, Circuit Judge.

Appellants were convicted by a jury in the District Court for the Southern District of Michigan of conspiring to distribute heroin in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846 (1970) and of possession with intent to distribute heroin in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) (1970). They were sentenced to serve eight years in the custody of the Attorney General with a five year special parole term under 18 U.S.C. § 4208(a)(2) (1970).

Appellants jointly raise two issues in challenging their convictions, and Appellant Hodge raises a third in contesting his conviction. Appellants first…