U.S. v. Adams

In prosecution on drug conspiracy charge, Dist. Ct. did not err in admitting evidence of prior drug arrests even though defendant argued that said evidence only demonstrated his propensity to commit crimes. Said arrests, which occurred at times alleged in indictment, constituted direct evidence of defendant's role in charged conspiracy. Moreover, although Dist. Ct. erred in allowing officers to testify regarding two conversations they had with non-testifying confidential informants, who implicated defendant in charged offense, any error was harmless where other evidence corroborated contents of said conversations.