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because of a money dispute. Jackson identified Parker in the courtroom, but stated
that he had had no dealings with him.

       Leo Adams's brother, Will Adams, who also pled guilty to being a member of
the Serrano conspiracy, testified that in December 1998 he saw Leo give money to
the Serrano brothers. Will Adams also testified that in the late 1990s through 2001
he had obtained heroin from an individual in California named "Mario" and during
that time had given Leo heroin four or five times and had received heroin from Leo
twice. Will Adams stated that he had known Parker since the 1980s and that Parker
had met him at his mother's house in May 2001 to inform him that Leo had been shot
eight times witha ".45."

      The government also introduced evidence obtained pursuant to search warrants.
From the apartment Adams had rented for Williams, officers seized heroin and a gun.
From Adams's bedroom in his mother's house, officers seized marijuana, a loaded
shotgun, and ammunition. After his arrest, Adams told an officer that he was
expecting a 200 or 300 ounce shipment of heroin from "Mario" and that he had
received heroin from "Ed and Joe." He also admitted that he had bought heroin from
Rush-Bey, but claimed that the price was too high.

       As an officer executing the search warrant at Parker's home entered his
bedroom, he saw Parker toss a pistol into a closet. In addition to seizing the pistol,
which was a loaded 9-millimeter semiautomatic pistol,