UNITED STATES v. KLEIN

No. 75-1859.

546 F.2d 1259 (1977)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. William Edward KLEIN, Jr., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied March 16, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jackson B. Battle (Court-appointed), Tallahassee, Fla., for defendant-appellant.

Robert W. Rust, U.S. Atty., William R. Northcutt, Karen L. Atkinson, Asst. U.S. Attys., Miami, Fla., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before BROWN, Chief Judge, GODBOLD, Circuit Judge, and MEHRTENS, District Judge.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied March 16, 1977.

MEHRTENS, District Judge:

William Edward Klein and Kenneth Burnstine appealed from a jury conviction for conspiracy to import cocaine and marihuana into the United States, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 952(a) and 963. Burnstine subsequently was killed in a plane accident, leaving only Klein's appeal active. We affirm.

William Edward Klein, Charles Christian and Robert Davison met at the...

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