Coates

857 F.2d 1479 Unpublished Disposition NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Addrin COATES, Defendant-Appellant. No. 86-1094. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. * Submitted June 22, 1988. Decided Aug. 29, 1988. Before BARNES and KILKENNY, Senior Circuit Judges, and GOODWIN, Chief Judge. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Addrin Coates appeals his conviction for conspiracy to distribute heroin in violation of 21 U.S.C. Sec. 846 . Coates contends that there is insufficient evidence to support his conviction because the government did not prove he agreed to distribute heroin. We affirm. 3 Once the government establishes the existence of a conspiracy, " 'evidence of only a slight connection is necessary to convict a defendant of knowing participation in it.' " United States v. Arbelaez, 719 F.2d 1453, 1458 (9th Cir.1983) (quoting United States v. Kenny, 645 F.2d 1323, 1335 (9th Cir.), cert. denied, 452 U.S. 920 (1981)),…