United States v. Miller ( 2000 )


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  •                 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
    FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
    No. 99-40979
    Summary Calendar
    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
    Plaintiff-Appellee,
    versus
    RICKEY EUGENE MILLER,
    Defendant-Appellant.
    ____________________________________________
    Appeal from the United States District Court
    for the Eastern District of Texas
    USDC No. 2:97-CR-11-7
    ____________________________________________
    April 10, 2000
    Before POLITZ, JONES, and WIENER, Circuit Judges.
    PER CURIAM:*
    Rickey Eugene Miller appeals his conviction for conspiracy to distribute crack
    cocaine, contending that the evidence was insufficient to support his conviction, that
    the district court erred by denying his motion for a new trial based on an alleged
    violation of Brady v. Maryland,2 and that the court erred by denying his requested
    jury instruction.
    *
    Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be
    published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR.
    R. 47.5.4.
    2
    
    373 U.S. 83
     (1963).
    Our review of the briefs of the parties and the record before the court persuades that
    no reversible error was committed at trial. Even discounting the evidence establishing
    that Miller conspired with Donna Porter during the controlled buy, the evidence
    introduced was sufficient to establish that Miller conspired with other persons not
    named in the indictment. Therefore, Miller’s challenge to the sufficiency of the
    evidence and the denial of his motion for a new trial both fail.3 Miller’s contention that
    the court erred by declining to give a buyer-seller jury instruction fails because the
    instruction requested was not supported by the required evidentiary foundation.4
    The judgment appealed is AFFIRMED.
    3
    United States v. Villasenor, 
    894 F.2d 1422
     (5th Cir. 1990); United States v. Kates,
    
    174 F.3d 580
     (5th Cir. 1999).
    4
    United States v. Correa-Ventura, 
    6 F.3d 1070
     (5th Cir. 1993).
    2