U.S. v. GOFF

No. 87-1183.

847 F.2d 149 (1988)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James R. GOFF, Benjamin Phillip Barrington, Romulo Lon Kuntze, Terry B. Drewes, and Horst Schoenhoff, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Opinion on Rehearing July 18, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Eichman, Dallas, Tex., (Court-appointed), for Romulo Lon Kuntze.

Steve Orr, Orr & Davis, Austin, Tex., for Terry B. Drewes.

Lius E. Islas, Douglas Gelo, El Paso, Tex., for Horst Schoenhoff.

Stephen Stein, Oscar & Goodman, Las Vegas, Nev., for Barrington.

Charles Louis Roberts, El Paso, Tex., for Schoenhoff.

Joseph Cronin, Minden, Nev., (Court-appointed), for Goff.

Mervyn Hamburg, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., Sidney Powell, Asst. U.S. Atty., Dallas, Tex., for U.S.

Before RUBIN, KING and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.


JERRE S. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:

Five appellants raise numerous issues challenging their convictions on multiple counts relating to several importations or attempted importations of marihuana and cocaine between June 1984 and August 1985. The original indictment contained twenty-nine counts against twenty-six defendants. Shortly before trial, certain counts were dismissed without prejudice, leaving eighteen remaining counts. The government proceeded against eight...

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