United States v. Leslie Russell

WHITE, Associate Justice (Ret.).

A federal jury found Leslie Russell guilty of conspiring with codefendant Miehon Starnes, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846, to possess with intent to distribute approximately 18 grams of cocaine base. Russell asserts various errors in her trial. We affirm.

I. FACTS

On June 17,1994, law enforcement officers from Junction City, Kansas, executed a valid search warrant at the residence of Michon Starnes. It is uncontested that the police found 18 grams of cocaine along with drug paraphernalia and $400 in cash in Starnes’s bedroom. See Def.Br. at 5. The government’s…