United States v. Spencer T. Myers

OPINION

WILKINSON, Chief Judge.

Spencer T. Myers was charged in a five-count federal indictment with various drug and weapons offenses, and the jury convicted him on all counts. For the reasons that follow, we affirm the judgment.

I

On February 1, 2000, Spencer Myers was at his mother’s home in Huntington, West Virginia. Robert Shilot, a nursing student with a drug problem, went there to purchase crack cocaine from Myers. After making the purchase, Shilot, Myers, and Myers’ girlfriend, Kelly Ward, smoked some of the crack together.

Approximately an hour later, Myers accused Shilot of stealing some…