United States v. Cray E. Parris

JOHN R. GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge.

Cray E. Parris appeals from the district court’s 1 denial of his motion to suppress cocaine found during a drug purchase. He also challenges the constitutionality of 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(l)(A)(iii) (1988) and the Sentencing Guidelines § 2D1.1, as they differentiate between “crack” and powder cocaine. We affirm the judgment of the district court.

Parris sold crack cocaine to a confidential informant on numerous occasions, and customarily showed the cocaine to the informant who would return minutes later with money. On September 16, 1992, Special Agent Timothy…