U.S. v. MORENO

No. 88-2457 Summary Calendar.

878 F.2d 817 (1989)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Encarnacion MORENO, Justiniano Orguiza, and Joseph Martinez Ruiz, a/k/a Alberto Alvarez, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 14, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roland E. Dahlin, II, Federal Public Defender, Marjorie A. Meyers, Asst. Federal Public Defender, Houston, Tex., for Moreno.

Luis A. Martinez, Houston, Tex. (court appointed counsel), for Ruiz.

William W. Burge, Houston, Tex., for Orguiza.

Paula C. Offenhauser, Asst. U.S. Atty., Henry K. Oncken, U.S. Atty., Tom Meehan, Asst. U.S. Atty., Houston, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before GEE, WILLIAMS, and HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judges.


GEE, Circuit Judge:

This appeal arises from a joint jury trial in which the three defendants were convicted on a variety of charges relating to the possession and importation of 5000 grams of cocaine. On appeal all defendants contend that the trial court erred in rejecting their challenge to the prosecutor's exercise of his peremptory strikes in what the defendants contend was a discriminatory fashion. In addition, each defendant raises individual challenges to his...

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