United States v. Michael Robert French

RICHARD S. ARNOLD, Chief Judge.

Michael Robert French raises four issues in this challenge to his convictions for conspiracy to distribute marijuana in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846 and for using or carrying a firearm during a drug transaction in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c). First, French claims that the District Court 1 erred in not allowing an expert witness to testify as to the incentive for certain government witnesses to implicate a defendant falsely in order to receive a sentence reduction. Second, French argues, that he was denied due process of law and effective assistance of…