United States v. Edwards

BALDOCK, Circuit Judge.

Defendants Milton Edwards, William Lawrence, Jr., Kerry Chaplin, and Terry Ratliff, Sr. were tried together and convicted in a jury trial of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine and to distribute cocaine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 846, 841(a)(1). Defendants Chaplin and Edwards were also convicted of use of a communication facility, a telephone, in facilitating a violation of federal narcotics laws, 21 U.S.C. § 843(b). Defendants appeal their convictions and sentences. We exercise jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 and 18 U.S.C. § 3742(a). We affirm.1

I. Facts