UNITED STATES v. BRUGMAN

Nos. 79-5128, 79-5129.

655 F.2d 540 (1981)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Daniel A. BRUGMAN, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Benjamin A. KING, a/k/a Bennie, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided May 15, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Milton E. Grusmark, Miami, Fla., for appellant in No. 79-5128.

Fred D. Clark, Charleston, W. Va., for appellant in No. 79-5129.

E. Leslie Hoffman, III, Asst. U.S. Atty., Charleston, W. Va. (Robert B. King, U.S. Atty., Wayne A. Rich, Jr., Asst. U.S. Atty., Charleston, W. Va., on brief), for appellee.

Before MURNAGHAN and ERVIN, Circuit Judges and ROBERT R. MERHIGE, Jr., United States District Judge, sitting by designation.


MERHIGE, District Judge.

Appellants, and seven other individuals, were indicted for numerous violations relating to drug trafficking activities.

Prior to trial, six of their co-defendants, pursuant to plea bargains with the government, entered pleas of guilty, and appellants, along with one Wesley Dean Kinison, proceeded to trial by jury.

After five days of trial, Kinison pleaded guilty to charges in two counts of the indictment, in accord with a plea...

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