UNITED STATES v. NEWBERN

No. 83-7145.

731 F.2d 744 (1984)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. William Randall NEWBERN, Robert Bryan Sheppard, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

May 3, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian J. McMenimen, Constance L. Rudnick, Boston, Mass., for William Newbern.

Daniel J. O'Connell, III, Boston, Mass., for Robert Sheppard.

John C. Bell, U.S. Atty., D. Broward Segrest, Asst. U.S. Atty., Montgomery, Ala., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before KRAVITCH, JOHNSON and HATCHETT, Circuit Judges.


HATCHETT, Circuit Judge:

In this criminal case, we examine first, whether the district court erred when it denied the appellants' motions to suppress evidence seized in their motel room; second, whether sufficient evidence existed to support the jury's verdicts of guilty; and third, whether appellants are entitled to a new trial due to comments made by the prosecutor in his closing argument. Finding that the trial court committed no reversible error, and that sufficient...

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