UNITED STATES v. CRISP

Nos. 76-2656 and 76-4259.

563 F.2d 1242 (1977)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Robert CRISP, Edward Perrone and Gungor Yatman, Defendants-Appellants. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Edward PERRONE, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 1, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theodore J. Sakowitz, Federal Public Defender, Robyn J. Hermann, Asst. Federal Public Defender, Miami, Fla., for Crisp.

Melvyn Kessler, Miami, Fla., for Perrone.

Robert S. McCain, Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (Court-appointed), for Yatman.

Jack v. Eskenazi, U. S. Atty., Jay R. Moskowitz, Sp. Atty., U. S. Dept. of Justice, Miami, Fla., John H. Burnes, Jr., William G. Otis, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for U. S. in 76-2656 and 76-4259.

Before BROWN, Chief Judge, RONEY and FAY, Circuit Judges.


RONEY, Circuit Judge:

A jury convicted the defendants of conspiracy and multiple counts of possession of cocaine with intent to distribute, 18 U.S.C.A. § 2, 21 U.S.C.A. §§ 841(a)(1), 846. On appeal, they challenge the sufficiency and propriety of the Government's evidence that the white substance they cut, snorted and sold was cocaine. Defendant Edward Perrone, the alleged organizer of a plan to distribute...

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