Opinion ID: 772867
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Heading: Banks' Convictions

Text: 6 The evidence established that Banks, along with the other defendants, followed Duane Adams from Compton to Sioux Falls. Kimberly Van Noort testified that the group, including Banks, would gather at the house she shared with Adams once a week to meet and hang out. Another witness, Tara Clayton, testified that Banks once gave her a large rock of crack cocaine to hold for him. Mark Washington, a confidential informant, made a controlled buy from Banks at the bar, as did another informant, Leonard Grajczyk. Gary Allen also testified that he purchased crack cocaine from Banks. At one time, Banks split the expenses associated with the house where many of the defendants lived. Taken as a whole, there was sufficient evidence to show that there was a conspiracy, that Banks knew of the conspiracy, that he knowingly joined the conspiracy, and that he was involved in the distribution of crack cocaine. Cf. United States v. Davidson, 195 F.3d 402, 406 (8th Cir. 1999), cert. denied, 120 S. Ct. 1218 (2000) (listing elements required to obtain conviction for conspiracy).