Grissom

BACKGROUND

On July 5, 2005, a witness cooperating with federal agents arranged to purchase one ounce of crack cocaine from Gris- som in the parking lot of a Best Buy store in East Palo Alto. A short time later, the witness and Grissom completed the transaction.

Less than a week later, on July 11, 2005, a cooperating wit- ness contacted an individual named Larry Darnell Hill, Jr., to arrange the purchase of two ounces of crack cocaine. Hill told UNITED STATES v. GRISSOM 4017 the witness to contact Grissom, who arranged for the transac- tion to take place in the parking lot of the same Best Buy store. After the transaction was completed, Grissom notified the witness that the delivery was underweight, and arranged to provide the difference in amount1 the next day. Grissom, accompanied by Hill, completed that transaction in the park- ing lot of an Office Depot store in East Palo Alto.

On July 19, 2005, federal agents once again arranged with a witness to purchase once ounce of crack cocaine from Hill. This time, Hill instructed the witness to meet him at a resi- dence in East Palo Alto to complete the sale. Once at the pre- arranged location, the witness…