United States v. Everett W. Thompson, Jr.

KEARSE, Circuit Judge:

Defendant Everett W. Thompson, Jr., appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York, Frederick J. Seullin, Jr., Judge, convicting him of conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute narcotics, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) and 846 (1988), conspiracy to defraud the United States in connection with nonpayment of income taxes, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371 (1988), and witness tampering, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1512(b)(1) (1988), and sentencing him principally to 51 months’ imprisonment to…