UNITED STATES v. BETANCOURT

No. 83-5087.

734 F.2d 750 (1984)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Bernardo BETANCOURT, Bernardo Sando, Norman Gerwitz, Gene Chekanow, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

Rehearings and Rehearing Denied July 30, 1984.

Rehearing Denied August 20, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sophie De Mayo, Miami, Fla., for Betancourt.

Robyn Hermann, Asst. Federal Public Defender, Miami, Fla., for Sando.

Louis Vernell, North Miami Beach, Fla., James G. Roth, Miami Beach, Fla., for Gerwitz.

Donald I. Bierman, Benedict P. Kuehne, Bierman, Sonnett, Shohat & Sale, Miami, Fla., for Chekanow.

Stanley Marcus, U.S. Atty., and Linda Collins Hertz and William M. Norris, Asst. U.S. Attys., Miami, Fla., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before FAY and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges, and MARKEY, Chief Judge of the Federal Circuit.


Rehearings and Rehearing En Banc Denied July 30, 1984.

FAY, Circuit Judge:

Appellants Bernardo Betancourt, Gene Chekanow, Norman Gerwitz and Bernardo Sando were charged in a seven count indictment alleging violations of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), 846 and 848.1 After a jury trial they were found guilty on all counts. Each appellant challenges his convictions on several grounds. We find the trial court's only error was its...

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