U.S. v. BUTLER

No. 92-1328.

988 F.2d 537 (1993)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Roland Eugene BUTLER, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 5, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter Fleury, Asst. Federal Public Defender, Ira Kirkendoll, Federal Public Defender, Fort Worth, TX, for defendant-appellant.

Delonia A. Watson, Frank Able, Asst. U.S. Attys., Marvin Collins, U.S. Atty., Fort Worth, TX, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before POLITZ, Chief Judge, and JOLLY and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.


W. EUGENE DAVIS, Circuit Judge:

Roland Eugene Butler makes a number of challenges to his conviction and sentence on charges of possessing with intent to distribute both cocaine (Count I) and cocaine base (Count II). We find no error except in the court's order refusing to allow Butler to conduct an independent chemical analysis of the substance alleged to be cocaine base. We therefore affirm on the cocaine charge (Count I), vacate the judgment on the cocaine base...

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