UNITED STATES v. JIMENEZ-DIAZ

No. 80-5176.

659 F.2d 562 (1981)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jesus JIMENEZ-DIAZ and Carlos Humberto Salazar, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Unit B.

October 19, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony F. Gonzalez, Richard A. Lazzara, Tampa, Fla., for Jimenez-Diaz.

Roy E. Black, Miami, Fla., for Salazar.

Manuel Menendez, Jr., Judy S. Rice, Asst. U. S. Attys., Tampa, Fla., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before TJOFLAT, FAY and VANCE, Circuit Judges.


TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:

Jesus Jimenez-Diaz and Carlos Salazar were convicted in the district court on a multi-count indictment charging the violation of several federal drug laws. They appeal, claiming that the trial judge committed reversible error in questioning a codefendant in the presence of the jury about his plea of guilty to one of the charges for which Jimenez-Diaz and Salazar were on trial. Salazar claims, in addition...

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