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U.S. v. HERNANDEZ

No. 87-2643.

842 F.2d 82 (1988)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Paul Espinoza HERNANDEZ and Juan Carlos Lamelas, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied April 27, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory C. Denaro, Richard Docobo, Coral Gables, Fla., for Hernandez.

Rene A. Sotorrio, Coral Gables, Fla., for Lamelas.

James R. Gough, Scott Behnke, Asst. U.S. Attys., Houston, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before GARWOOD and JONES, Circuit Judges, and FISHER, District Judge.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied April 27, 1988.

JOE J. FISHER, District Judge.

Defendants-appellants, Paul Espinoza Hernandez and Juan Carlos Lamelas seek a reversal of their drug convictions because the district court proceeded with the trial after their voluntary absence. A jury trial with co-defendants had been in progress for three days and after Hernandez and Lamelas made the choice to leave their trial, the district court concluded that Hernandez...

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