U.S. v. WALTHER

No. 87-3631.

867 F.2d 1334 (1989)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Edward Alois WALTHER a/k/a "Eddie," John H. Woodruff, Marvin Walkenstein, John Paul Weger a/k/a "Butch," Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

March 16, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joel Kaplan, Miami, Fla., for Walther.

David T. Weisbrod, Tampa, Fla., for Woodruff.

Jack T. Edmund, Fort Meade, Fla., for Weger & Walkerstein.

Mark V. Jackowski, Whitney L. Schmidt, Asst. U.S. Attys., Tampa, Fla., Marvin Hamburg, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for U.S.

Before JOHNSON, HATCHETT and COX, Circuit Judges.


HATCHETT, Circuit Judge.

In this "reverse sting" marijuana distribution case, we affirm the convictions and judgments.

FACTS

On October 13, 1986, a confidential informant (CI) advised officers from the Polk County, Florida, Sheriff's Department that individuals from Miami, Florida, were interested in purchasing narcotics. During the next two weeks, the officers devised a plan whereby they would pose as marijuana traffickers with a ready supply of...

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