U.S. v. JONES

No. 87-1153.

839 F.2d 1041 (1988)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Timothy JONES, Charles Wayne Norman, Perry Cecil Patronelli, and Richard Keith Hagler, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

As Corrected March 1, 1988.

Rehearing Denied March 17, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul E. Gartner, Jr., Waco, Tex. (Court Appointed), for Jones.

Ray Bass, Austin, Tex., for Norman.

Frank Maloney, S. Ronald Keister, Austin, Tex., for Hagler.

John C. Emerson, Austin, Tex., for Patronelli.

Jack Frels, LeRoy Morgan Jahn, Asst. U.S. Attys., San Antonio, Tex., for U.S.

Before BROWN, JOHNSON, and HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judges.


PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:

Four criminal defendants appeal from convictions for conspiracy to manufacture a controlled substance. We affirm the convictions, finding that the jury had sufficient evidence to support its verdict and that the prosecutor's closing argument, while highly improper, was harmless in light of the evidence of guilt. We also affirm the trial court's admission of certain recorded conversations and dismiss defendants' contention that...

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