United States v. Paris F. Thomas and Harold L. Story

FLAUM, Circuit Judge.

Defendants Paris Thomas and Harold Story were tried before a jury on a four-count superseding indictment, which charged them with: (1) conspiracy to distribute cocaine base, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) and 846; (2) use or carrying of firearms during the commission of a drug trafficking crime, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(e); (3) continuing criminal enterprise (“CCE”), in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 848; and (4) distribution of cocaine base, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and 18 U.S.C. § 2. The jury convicted both defendants on all four counts. Story was…