U.S. v. PEREZ

No. 86-5459.

824 F.2d 1567 (1987)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Alain Asland PEREZ, Jerome Latchinian, Robert Kurtz, Edward J. Hernandez, Juan Jesus Roca, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

August 24, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald I. Bierman, Bierman, Sonnett, Shohat & Sale, P.A., Robert M. Duboff, Benedict P. Kuehne, Miami, Fla., for Latchinian.

Jose M. Quinon, Coral Gables, Fla., Harry Solomon, Miami, Fla., for Hernandez.

Margaret S. Brodsky, Miami, Fla., for Alain A. Perez.

Laurel White Marc-Charles, Miami, Fla., for Kurtz.

Simon T. Steckel, Coral Gables, Fla., for Roca.

Leon B. Kellner, U.S. Atty., Michael E. Runowicz, Andrea M. Simonton, Linda C. Hertz, Asst. U.S. Attys., Miami, Fla. for U.S.

Before KRAVITCH and EDMONDSON, Circuit Judges, and TUTTLE, Senior Circuit Judge.


TUTTLE, Senior Circuit Judge:

In this case the appellants challenge their convictions for various drug-related offenses arising from an importation of cocaine for the purpose of financing the assassination of the president of Honduras. As we find the evidence sufficient to support the convictions of each defendant, the convictions are affirmed.

I. FACTS

The primary grounds of appeal concern the sufficiency of the evidence first in terms of the threshold...

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