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UNITED STATES v. FERNANDEZ

No. 85-5311.

797 F.2d 943 (1986)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Fernando FERNANDEZ, Rafael Enrique Franjul, a/k/a Frank Sinatra, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

August 26, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roy E. Black, Black & Furci, P.A., Frank C. Furci, Miami, Fla., for Fernandez.

Ronald A. Dion, Entin, Schwartz, Dion & Scalfani, Jonathan B. Blecher, North Miami Beach, Fla., for Franjul.

Leon Kellner, U.S. Atty., Barbara Petras, Asst. U.S. Atty., Miami, Fla., for plaintiff-appellee.

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

FLOYD R. GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge:

The appellants, Fernando Fernandez and Rafael Franjul, challenge their convictions under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), 18 U.S.C. § 1961 et seq, and under the federal statutes prohibiting conspiracies to import marijuana and to possess marijuana with the intent to distribute, 21 U.S.C. §§ 952, 963, 841, 846. For the reasons discussed below, we affirm the RICO convictions and...

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