United States v. Pierce

BOWNES, Senior Circuit Judge.

In this appeal, defendant-appellant Frederick Alan Pierce challenges, on several grounds, his convictions and sentence for conspiracy to possess cocaine with intent to distribute, 21 U.S.C. § 846, and carrying a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime, 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1). After carefully considering Pierce’s arguments, we affirm.

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A. Factual Background

On June 28,1993, pursuant to a prior plan, Pierce and a fellow Maine resident, codefend-ant David Leland Maddox, drove to Lawrence, Massachusetts, in order to purchase four ounces of cocaine.…