U.S. v. MASSUET

Nos. 87-5672, 87-5673.

851 F.2d 111 (1988)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. John Carlos MASSUET, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Carlos Efrain TRUJILLO, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided June 30, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John L. Coble, Jeffrey L. Zimmer (Zimmer & Zimmer, Robert M. Leen; John Milton McDaniel, on brief) for defendants-appellants.

John F. DePue (Dept. of Justice, Margaret P. Currin, U.S. Attorney, Christine M. Dean, Asst. U.S. Atty., on brief) for plaintiff-appellee.

Before WILKINSON, Circuit Judge, BUTZNER, Senior Circuit Judge, and GORDON, Senior United States District Judge for the Middle District of North Carolina, sitting by designation.


BUTZNER, Senior Circuit Judge:

John Carlos Massuet and Carlos Efrain Trujillo were tried and convicted of various drug charges after Customs officials thwarted their attempt to smuggle cocaine by aircraft into the United States. Massuet and Trujillo challenge several of the district court's rulings relating to the admissibility of evidence and claim that the district court improperly sentenced them following their convictions. We affirm the convictions and remand...

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