Opinion ID: 665582
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Heading: Nature of Evidence

Text: 47 To begin with, the transactions here took place over the course of at least a year and a half, instead of just two months. The evidence showed that several acts akin to those charged in the indictment occurred during this period, yet none of them directly proved a twenty pound possession. The jury's ability to distinguish among the possessions shown at trial was also made difficult by the district court's instructions that quantity above a measurable amount is not relevant under federal law. If quantity was irrelevant, the numerous transactions would have appeared indistinguishable from each other and from the transaction charged in count I. 48 The evidence of Lee's activities was also fairly complex. Whereas the defendant in Ferris simply helped count LSD tablets kept in a locker and advised his two acquaintances how to sell the drug, 719 F.2d at 1406, Lee was shown as a key figure in numerous drug transactions for which extensive records were kept. Sorting though Lee's activities undoubtedly proved more difficult than understanding the defendant's actions in Ferris.