United States v. Kates

Appellant David Earl Kates, sentenced to 360 months imprisonment as a career offender convicted of possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine, asserts three issues on appeal. He contends that the evidence was insufficient to show that the 19.67 grams of crack cocaine he possessed were intended for distribution; that the government withheld exculpatory Brady evidence of Yshone Chamine Moore; and that his prior convictions do not render him a career offender under the Sentencing Guidelines. Finding no reversible error, we affirm.

Amarillo police officers were chasing a suspected stolen…