UNITED STATES v. CURRA-BARONA

Nos. 82-5301, 82-5456.

706 F.2d 1089 (1983)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Armando CURRA-BARONA and Humberto Montano, Defendants-Appellants. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Mariano VELUNZA-CALVAN, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

Rehearing Denied August 23, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Emilia Diaz, court-appointed, Miami, Fla., for Humberto Montano.

Reemberto Diaz, Hialeah, Fla., for Armando Curra-Barona and Mariano Velunza-Calvan.

Stanley Marcus, U.S. Atty., Gregory C. Weiss, and Sonia Escobio O'Donnell, Asst. U.S. Attys., Miami, Fla., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before VANCE and HENDERSON, Circuit Judges, and TUTTLE, Senior Circuit Judge.


PER CURIAM:

Amando Curra-Barona, Humberto Montano, and Mariano Velunza-Calvan appeal their convictions on drug charges, claiming that the government presented insufficient evidence to sustain the guilty verdicts. Based on the precedent of our prior cases involving virtually identical facts, we affirm.

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