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U.S. v. RICHARDSON

Nos. 99-1404, 99-1407, 99-1438 and 99-1474.

225 F.3d 46 (2000)

UNITED STATES, Appellee, v. Kareem RICHARDSON, Roy T. Gaul, Marc Taylor, and David Arruda Defendants, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

September 7, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rosemary Curran Scapicchio for appellant Richardson.

Geraldine S. Hines and Burnham & Hines on brief for appellant Gaul.

David Shapiro, with whom Shapiro & Shapiro was on brief, for appellant Taylor.

Richard N. Foley on brief for appellant Arruda.

Thomas E. Booth, Attorney, U.S. Dep't of Justice, with whom Donald K. Stern, U.S. Attorney, George Vien, Asst. U.S. Attorney, and Kevin Cloherty, Asst. U.S. Attorney, were on brief, for appellee.

Before TORRUELLA, Chief Judge, LYNCH and LIPEZ, Circuit Judges.

LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.

Kareem Richardson, Roy T. Gaul, Marc Taylor, and David Arruda were convicted on multiple counts involving a conspiracy to distribute cocaine. They raise several issues on appeal, most importantly a challenge to the district court's sentencing finding that the substance they distributed was both "cocaine base" and "crack." We affirm.

I. Background

The defendants were arrested after an...

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