Leon

MEMORANDUM ***

Defendant Jose Guadalupe Bazon Leon (“Leon”) appeals from a judgment convicting and sentencing him after a jury trial in the United States District Court for the Central District of California before Judge Dickran Tevrizian. Leon was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846 , and possession of cocaine with intent to distribute in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841 (a)(1). The district court had jurisdiction pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3231 . We have jurisdiction over this appeal under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . Because we find no merit to Leon’s assertions of error, we affirm.

*343 I. BACKGROUND

On December 23, 1994, a federal grand jury indicted Leon, together with co-defendants Jose Guadalupe Garcia Garcia (“Garcia”), Juan Manuel Aguilar (“Aguilar”) and two other individuals, in a two-count indictment charging conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 50 kilograms of cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846 , and possession of 10 kilograms of cocaine with intent to distribute in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841 (a)(1). On April 14, 1995, a jury trial commenced before Judge Tevrizian.

The evidence at trial, viewed in a…