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UNITED STATES v. DORTA

Nos. 84-5291(L), 84-5294, 84-5295 and 84-5296.

783 F.2d 1179 (1986)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Ramon Elesvan DORTA, a/k/a Raymond Dorchester, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Luis German LAVERDE, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Donald Bruce KNIGHT, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Renn DRUM, Jr., Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided February 21, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norman B. Smith, Greensboro, N.C., for appellant Renn Drum, Jr.

A. Wayne Harrison, Greensboro, N.C., for appellant Donald Bruce Knight.

Michael Burnbaum, for appellant Luis German LaVerde.

(Smith, Patterson, Follin, Curtis, James & Harkavy, Greensboro, N.C., Bronis & Portela, P.A.; Robert Kalter, P.A., Miami, Fla., on brief), for appellant Ramon Elesvan Dorta.

David B. Smith, Asst. U.S. Atty. (Kenneth W. McAllister, U.S. Atty.; Becky M. Strickland, Greensboro, N.C., on brief), for appellee.

Before WINTER, Chief Judge, SNEEDEN, Circuit Judge and HILTON, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, sitting by designation.

SNEEDEN, Circuit Judge:

Appellants Dorta, LaVerde, Knight, and Drum were indicted for numerous drug related offenses arising out of an alleged cocaine distribution operation. They appeal their subsequent convictions1 on numerous grounds. Finding no merit in appellants' contentions, we affirm.

I.

On August 5, 1983, federal agents arrested Donald Jones and Susan Weeks at Atlantic Beach, North Carolina, and charged them...

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