United States v. Kendrick Akins

PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:

Kendrick Tyshawn Akins and six others (collectively, “Appellants”) were convicted and sentenced for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 5 kilograms or more of cocaine (“powder cocaine”), 50 grams or more of cocaine base (“crack cocaine”), and 1,000 kilograms or more of marijuana, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a), 846. They timely appealed. We affirm.

I. Background

In 2008, the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”) began investigating a drug conspiracy involving the movement and sale of drugs, primarily powder and crack cocaine, from Mexico…