UNITED STATES v. ESPINOSA

Nos. 83-2001 to 83-2009 and 83-2027.

771 F.2d 1382 (1985)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Severo D. ESPINOSA, Federico C. Atucha, Antonio Niebla Martin, Mario Hernandez, Amado F. Larrazleta, Leovigildo Nunez, Crecencio J. Denis, Leonardo O. Carralero, Luis Santa Cruz, and Terry Lynn Foreman, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

August 26, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rodney W. Bryson of Bryson & Berman, Miami, Fla., for defendant-appellant Amado F. Larrazleta.

Tova Indritz, Federal Public Defender, (Don Klein, Jr., Asst. Federal Public Defender, on brief), Albuquerque, N.M., for defendant-appellant Terry Lynn Foreman.

Richard M. Gale, Miami, Fla., for defendant-appellant Mario Hernandez.

Paul J. Kennedy, Albuquerque, N.M. (Stuart R. Mishkin, of Mishkin & Golembe, Miami, Fla., was also on brief), for defendant-appellant Luis Santa Cruz.

Bill Clay, Miami, Fla., for defendants-appellants Severo D. Espinosa and Federico C. Atucha.

Dennis N. Urbano, Coral Gables, Fla., for defendants-appellants Crecencio J. Denis and Leonardo O. Carralero.

Carl L. Masztal, Miami, Fla., for defendant-appellant Leovigildo Nunez.

Gerald D. Hubbart, Miami, Fla., for defendant-appellant Antonio Niebla Martin.

David N. Williams, Asst. U.S. Atty. (William L. Lutz, U.S. Atty., Don J. Svet and Larry Gomez, Asst. U.S. Attys., Albuquerque, N.M., with him on brief), Albuquerque, N.M., for plaintiff-appellee U.S. of America.

Before HOLLOWAY, Chief Judge, BARRETT and LOGAN, Circuit Judges.


HOLLOWAY, Chief Judge.

This is a timely consolidated appeal brought by ten defendants who were convicted after a jury trial on two counts of an indictment charging possession of marijuana with intent to distribute and conspiracy to distribute, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a), 846, and 18 U.S.C. § 2.1 The defendants were all sentenced to fifteen years' imprisonment.

The defendants present the following issues...

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