United States v. McDade

MEMORANDUM OPINION

PAUL L. FRIEDMAN, United States District Judge

On February 25, 2002, after a ten-day trial, a jury found defendant Byron Lamont McDade guilty of conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine. Most of the witnesses at trial were his former co-defendants or others involved in the conspiracy who had negotiated pleas with the government involving cooperation and testimony. In fact, McDade was the only one of those charged in this multidefendant case to have proceeded to trial. Regrettably, pursuant to the then-mandatory…