United States v. Mark Carter

BRORBY, Circuit Judge.

After hearing direct testimony from a number of witnesses, a jury convicted Mr. Mark Carter of conspiring to distribute cocaine. On appeal, Mr. Carter challenges numerous evidentiary rulings and the trial court’s ex parte response to a jury question. He also claims the trial court erred in sentencing. We affirm.

By way of background, several members of the conspiracy testified they and Mr. Carter were members of a gang, the Third World Crips, which sold two to three kilos of crack cocaine per week with most of the profits going to Mr. Carter.

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One of the prosecution…