U.S. v. GARCIA

No. 87-5733.

854 F.2d 1280 (1988)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Pedro GARCIA, Lazaro Lopez, Jaime Cruz, Joseph Lovett, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

September 14, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roy J. Kahn, P.A., Miami, Fla., for Garcia.

Lee Weissenborn, Miami, Fla., for Cruz.

Samuel I. Burstyn, Steven I. Taitz, Miami, Fla., for Lopez.

Donald L. Graham, Raskin & Graham, P.A., Miami, Fla., Ellen L. Leesfield, P.A., Coral Gables, Fla., for Lovett.

Dexter W. Lehtinen, U.S. Atty., Anne R. Schultz, Linda Collins Hertz, Harriet R. Galvin, Asst. U.S. Attys., Miami, Fla., for U.S.

Before HILL and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges, and THOMAS, Senior District Judge.


HILL, Circuit Judge:

In this criminal appeal, we consider whether the admission of a transcript of a tape recorded meeting was error and whether the district court's denial of related motions for continuances and for a new trial was an abuse of discretion. Because we find that the district court's actions were proper, we affirm the convictions of the appellants.

I. FACTS

Detective Pablo Garcia of the Coral Gables Police Department testified at trial...

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