United States v. Birdine

WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.

Anthony Birdine was convicted by a jury of one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute at least 50 grams of a mixture of substance containing a detectable amount of cocaine base (“crack cocaine”), two counts of distribution of crack cocaine, and one count of possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine. The district court 1 imposed a sentence of life imprisonment on count I, and 360 months’ imprisonment on each of counts II, III, and IV, to run concurrently. Birdine appeals, arguing that the evidence was insufficient to support his convictions and…