United States v. Raymond Carter

OPINION OF THE COURT

ADAMS, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal by Raymond Carter from convictions (a) for conspiring to possess with intent to distribute as well as to distribute heroin, 1 (b) for possessing with intent to distribute approximately 95 grams of heroin, 2 and (c) for distributing approximately 677 grams of heroin. 3

I

After trial, which commenced on March 24, 1977, and ended on March 29, 1977, the jury returned a verdict of guilty on each of the foregoing three counts. 4 On May 11, 1977, the defendant was sentenced to three concurrent terms, each consisting of fifteen years in the…