United States v. Harris, Anthony

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge BROWN.

Opinion dissenting in part filed by Senior Circuit Judge WILLIAMS.

BROWN, Circuit Judge:

This case arises from a peculiar example of urban entrepreneurship — the drive-by drug bazaar. The essential components of these enterprises include a wholesaler with an appreciable stash of drugs (the “bag-man”), one or more retail.clerks to handle individual transactions (“runners”), and a handy supply of customers who wait in vehicles, engines idling, while the merchandise is delivered. At about 2:30 A.M. on March 3, 2004, Metropolitan police officers…