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UNITED STATES v. ADAMS

No. 85-3315.

799 F.2d 665 (1986)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jimmie Richard ADAMS, William Francis Elliott, James Henry Morrell, Jr., Elba Pintado-Otero, Luciano Morra, William Hinton Hockaday, Larry Henton Hockaday, James W. McMullen, Jerry Gray Hockaday, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

September 15, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H.B. Edwards, III, Valdosta, Ga., for Adams.

John F. O'Donnell, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., for Elliott.

Paul D. Lazarus, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., for Morrell.

John Lipinski, Miami, Fla., for Otero.

Armando Garcia, Tallahassee, Fla., for Morra.

Clyde M. Taylor, Tallahassee, Fla., for W.H. Hockaday.

L. Sanford Selvey, II, Tallahassee, Fla., for L.H. Hockaday.

Clifford L. Davis, Tallahassee, Fla., for McMullen.

Judith Dougherty, Tallahassee, Fla., for J.G. Hockaday.

Barbara Schwartz, Asst. U.S. Atty., Tallahassee, Fla., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before RONEY, Chief Judge, CLARK, Circuit Judge, and GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge.

FLOYD R. GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge:

The appellants challenge their narcotic related convictions on several grounds, including improper jury contact, prosecutorial misconduct, and sufficiency of the evidence. For the reasons discussed below, we affirm their convictions.

The government secured an eight count indictment charging nineteen individuals with various narcotics crimes as a result of their participation in a marijuana smuggling operation. The case...

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