No. 95-2637

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, * * Appellee, * * v. * Appeal from the United States * District Court for the * Western District of Missouri TIMOTHY ANDRE CARTER, * * Appellant. * [UNPUBLISHED]

Submitted: December 12, 1995

Filed: January 9, 1996

Before MAGILL, GOODWIN1, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges

PER CURIAM:

Timothy H. Carter was convicted by a jury of violating 21 U.S.C. § 841 (a)(1) and (b)(1)(a). He appeals, contending that the trial court erred in allowing the jury to hear evidence, pursuant to Fed. R. Evid. 404 (b), of other drug transactions between Carter and the government witness. We have carefully examined the trial

1 The HONORABLE ALFRED T. GOODWIN, United States Senior Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, sitting by designation.

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A true copy.

Attest:

CLERK, U.S. COURT OF APPEALS, EIGHTH CIRCUIT.

2 Honorable Scott O. Wright, United States District Judge for the Western District of Missouri.

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