United States v. Jesse L. Hale, United States of America v. Adrian Cedrick Waller

WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.

Jesse L. Hale appeals from his conviction in district court 1 for carrying a firearm during a drug trafficking crime in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1). Adrian C. Waller appeals from his sentence for distributing cocaine base in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(C) and 18 U.S.C. § 2. We affirm.

I

On the evening of March 30, 1992, St. Louis County police were investigating complaints of drug dealing in the Meacham Park area of St. Louis County. Detective Tommy Marr was the designated undercover buyer that night. Marr was backed up by a surveillance officer,…