U.S. v. RIVERA

Nos. 87-8108, 87-8173.

884 F.2d 544 (1989)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Lorenzo RIVERA, Willie J. Burgess, Jessie Davis, Ned Owen Key, Larry Epps, Hubert Goodson, Gail Taylor Davis, Anthony Crowder, Michael King, a/k/a Fat Man, Rudolph Arthur Gates, Ray Eric Lee, Jay Davis, Defendants-Appellants. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Norman HARRIS, Robert Lee Price, Rudolph Arthur Gates, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied October 17, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Barr, U.S. Atty., Lawrence O. Anderson, Asst. U.S. Atty., Drug Task Force, Atlanta, Ga., for U.S.

Jay L. Strongwater, Klein & Strongwater, Atlanta, Ga. (court-appointed), for Lorenzo Rivera.

Thomas E. Spraley, Atlanta, Ga. (court-appointed), for Willie J. Burgess.

Paul Sloniowskie, Atlanta, Ga. (court-appointed), for Jessie Davis.

Paul H. Kehir, Snellville, Ga. (court-appointed), for Ned Owen Key.

Mark V. Spix, Atlanta, Ga. (court-appointed), for Larry Epps.

R.C. Cougill, Lilburn, Ga. (court-appointed), for Hubert Goodson.

Patrick F. McMahon, Marietta, Ga. (court-appointed), for Gail Louise Davis.

Edwin L. Hoffman, Legal Dept., Massachusetts Indem. & Life Ins. Co., Duluth, Ga. (court-appointed), for Michael King, a/k/a Fat Man.

James W. Howard, Atlanta, Ga. (court-appointed), for Rudolph Arthur Gates.

Michael R. Hauptman, Atlanta, Ga. (court-appointed), for Ray Eric Lee.

Lenny Franco, Atlanta, Ga. (court-appointed), for Jay Davis.

Eric G. Kocher, Kocher, Wilson, Korschun & Cobb, Atlanta, Ga., for Norman Harris.

Howard Manchel, Manchel, Johnson, & Wiggins, Atlanta, Ga., for Robert Lee Price.

James W. Howard, Howard, Secret & Jones, P.A., Atlanta, Ga., for Norman Harris, Robert Lee Price and Rudolph Arthur Gates.

Before TJOFLAT and KRAVITCH, Circuit Judges, and PAINE, District Judge.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied in No. 87-8108 October 17, 1989.

TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:

Willie Burgess was convicted in the district court of several offenses involving the trafficking of heroin. In a separate unpublished opinion issued this day, we have affirmed his convictions. In this opinion, which we publish because it adds to this circuit's precedent, we address Burgess' claim that the district court erred in forfeiting to the United States,...

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