United States v. Fred Turpin

83 F.3d 430 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel.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. Fred TURPIN, Defendant-Appellant. No. 95-10296. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted April 12, 1996. * Decided April 30, 1996. Before: HUG, Chief Judge, D.W. NELSON and FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Fred Turpin appeals his conviction following a jury trial for use of a communications facility to facilitate the commission of a felony drug offense. 21 U.S.C. § 843 (b). He also appeals his sentence under the Sentencing Guidelines. He asserts that the evidence was insufficient to support the verdict, that the district court should not have allowed an officer to testify as an expert on narcotics language, and that he was improperly sentenced. We affirm. 3 1. The district court allowed Officer Brooks to testify as an expert for the purpose of explaining the meaning of the coded narcotics language used by Turpin when he spoke with…