UNITED STATES v. LEWIS

No. 22-3125, No. 22-3126.

116 F.4th 1144 (2024)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Kevin LEWIS, Defendant-Appellant. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Otis Ponds, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

FILED September 10, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Megan L. Hayes, Attorney at Law, Laramie, Wyoming, for Defendant-Appellant Kevin Lewis.

Lynn C. Hartfield, Law Office of Lynn C. Hartfield, LLC, Denver, Colorado, for Defendant-Appellant Otis Ponds.

James A. Brown, Assistant United States Attorney (Kate E. Brubacher, United States Attorney, with him on the brief), Topeka, Kansas, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before MATHESON, PHILLIPS, and MORITZ, Circuit Judges.


These consolidated appeals share two legal issues raised by two defendants convicted of crimes arising from a vast conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, marijuana, heroin, powder cocaine, and, crack cocaine in Wichita, Kansas. One defendant, Kevin Lewis, went to trial and was convicted of all charges. The other, Otis...

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