UNITED STATES v. WILLIAMS

No. 85-2588.

809 F.2d 1072 (1987)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Drake WILLIAMS, Vance E. Williams, Oscar Silva, Edward Orellana, Michael Sahs, Joseph C. Watson, Jan E. Grossman, Salvador Meraz, and Tanny Miller, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 29, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David H. Berg, Joel Androphy, Houston, Tex., for Drake Williams.

Clyde W. Woody, Houston, Tex., for Vance Williams.

Dick DeGuerin, Houston, Tex., for Oscar Silva.

Robert S. Bennett, Houston, Tex. (Court-appointed), for Edward Orellana.

Michael E. Tigar, Austin, Tex., (Court-appointed), for Michael Sahs.

Jim Skelton, Houston, Tex., for Joseph C. Watson.

George McCall Secrest, Jr., Houston, Tex., for Jan E. Grossman.

Charles Louis Roberts, Joseph Abraham, Jr., El Paso, Tex., for Salvador Meraz.

Ray Bass, Austin, Tex. (Court-appointed), for Tanny Miller.

Mervyn Hamburg, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., Henry K. Oncken, U.S. Atty., James R. Gough, Kenneth Magidson, Asst. U.S. Attys., Houston, Tex., for U.S.

Before GEE and HILL, Circuit Judges, and HUNTER, District Judge.


GEE, Circuit Judge:

Nine appellants directly appeal their convictions from the district court. We affirm except as to Oscar Silva, all of whose convictions we reverse for further proceedings, as to Vance Williams, whose conviction on count 3 we reverse, as to Tanny Miller, whose convictions on counts 8 and 19 we reverse, and as to Drake Williams, as to whom we reverse on counts 5 and 6.

Facts

This criminal trial followed a 24-count indictment...

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