101 F3d 696 United States v. Ray  101 F.3d 696  UNITED STATES of
America, Plaintiff-Appellee, Joseph Alvin RAY, Defendant-
Appellant.  No. 95-5935.  United States Court of Appeals, Fourth
Circuit.  Submitted Sept. 30, 1996. Decided Nov. 15, 1996.
David B. Freedman, WHITE & CRUMPLER, Winston-Salem, North
Carolina, for Appellant. Walter C. Holton, Jr., United States
Attorney, Harry L. Hobgood, Assistant United States Attorney,
Greensboro, North Carolina, for Appellee.    Before WILKINS,
HAMILTON, and MICHAEL, Circuit Judges.     Joseph Alvin Ray
appeals his 180-month term of imprisonment after pleading guilty
to one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute
cocaine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 846, 841(b)(1)(B) (1994). Ray's formal
brief raised three issues, and his supplemental pro se brief
raised two additional issues. Finding no merit in Ray's claims,
we affirm.   According to testimony at Ray's sentencing hearing,
Ray twice arranged cocaine purchases in New York City. Ray
testified he arranged two one-kilo