United States v. Daryl Van Hawkins, United States of America v. Andre Pierre Brown

TANG, Circuit Judge:

Andre Brown and Daryl Hawkins appeal their jury convictions of a number of cocaine related offenses. We affirm.

PROCEEDINGS BELOW

In April 1988, a grand jury returned a superseding indictment charging Brown and Hawkins with conspiracy to possess cocaine base with intent to distribute, distribution of cocaine base, and possession of cocaine base with intent to distribute, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846 and 841(a)(1) and 18 U.S.C. § 2.

On August 9, 1988, Brown and Hawkins moved to strike the term “cocaine base” from the indictment as unconstitutionally vague. The district…