United States v. Leon Davis, Also Known as Flash

KATZMANN, Circuit Judge.

Defendant-appellant Leon Davis was convicted, following a jury verdict, in the Southern District of New York (Colleen McMahon, Judge) of distributing and possessing with intent to distribute five grams or more of a substance containing a detectable amount of “crack” cocaine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 812, 841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(B). At trial, the government offered a videotape of a controlled narcotics buy in which Davis sold “crack” cocaine to a confidential government informant. This videotape evidence was obtained through a camera hidden in the jacket of the…