United States v. Maurice Harper

LOGAN, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction by a jury upon a charge of aiding and abetting the distribution of heroin, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and 18 U.S.C. § 2. The trial judge sentenced defendant-appellant Maurice Harper to a 12-year term, with a special parole term of 6 years, the sentence to be served consecutively to a previously imposed sentence under which defendant was incarcerated at the time of the trial.

Harper raises three issues on appeal: 1) the evidence is insufficient to support the verdict; 2) the court committed “plain error” in instructing the jury…