United States v. Leroy Lloyd Anderson, Sandra Miller Anderson

INTRODUCTION

Leroy Anderson and Sandra Miller Anderson appeal from their convictions for conspiracy to distribute and possess heroin (Count I). Leroy Anderson, who was also indicted for income tax evasion (Counts II and III), appeals from his convictions on those two counts.

Both appellants assert that the evidence is insufficient to support their convictions on Count I. They also raise other grounds for their appeals. We affirm.

FACTS

A. Count I

Many informant witnesses testified that Leroy Anderson and his codefendants, between 1974 and 1978, were at the center of an extensive heroin conspiracy.

Velma Roundtree, who pleaded guilty to Count I, testified that she made many purchases from the Andersons, that she was an intermediary between the Andersons and other purchasers, and that she carried heroin for Leroy Anderson from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to Los Angeles, California.

Pamela Terry, Roundtree’s daughter, also pleaded guilty to Count I. She testified that she saw a number of the transactions between her mother and the Andersons, and that she participated in many of them.

Others testified about meetings and purchases of heroin in Los Angeles, Pittsburgh, Cleveland,…