U.S. v. PIERSON

No. 95-30185.

121 F.3d 560 (1997)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. John Timothy PIERSON, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided August 21, 1997.

As Amended November 3, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin F. McCoy, Assistant Federal Defender, Anchorage, Alaska, for Defendant-Appellant.

Daniel S. Goodman, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before WALLACE, JOHN T. NOONAN, JR., and THOMPSON, Circuit Judges.


DAVID R. THOMPSON, Circuit Judge.

John Timothy Pierson appeals his jury conviction and sentence for one count of conspiring to distribute cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) and 846, and two counts of using a communication facility in the commission of a drug trafficking offense in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 843(b). He contends that (1) the district court abused its discretion by admitting at trial a co-conspirator's testimony that the co-conspirator...

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