United States v. Jearold Kenneth Williams, United States of America v. George Allen

Jearold Williams and George Allen appeal, on various grounds, their convictions for conspiracy to manufacture and distribute methamphetamine in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841 (a)(1) and 846 and 18 U.S.C. § 2 , possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841 (a)(1) and 18 U.S.C. § 2 , possession with intent to distribute marijuana in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841 (a)(1) and 18 U.S.C. § 2 , and unlawful possession of essential chemicals in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841 (d)(1), 802(33) and 802(35) and 18 U.S.C. § 2 . Williams and Allen also contend that the district court misapplied the Sentencing Guidelines. We affirm the convictions and sentences.

I. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

On November 24, 1990, the day after Jearold Williams shot and killed his adopted son, Mark Reitler, Glen Reitler, Mark’s brother, confided to police that a trailer containing a methamphetamine lab which belonged to George Allen was stored on Williams’ property in Fromberg, Montana. Glen, who admitted to having used drugs in the past, also told police that he had seen methamphetamine, or “crank,” in the master bedroom of Williams’ trailer home on the same property.…