U.S. v. BLAKENEY

Nos. 90-5664, 90-5665 and 90-6041.

942 F.2d 1001 (1991)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Roy C. BLAKENEY (90-5664), Kenneth A. Kutnyak (90-5665), and James E. Box (90-6041), Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided August 23, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis DeFalaise, U.S. Atty., Jane E. Graham, Asst. U.S. Atty. (argued and briefed), Lexington, Ky., for U.S.

Frederick F. Cohn (argued and briefed), Chicago, Ill., for Roy Creighton Blakeney.

Lee W. Rowland (briefed), Michael T. Palermo (argued), Lexington, Ky., for Kenneth Alex Kutnyak.

Oscar B. Goodman (argued and briefed), Las Vegas, Nev., for James Edward Box.

Before KEITH and BOGGS, Circuit Judges, and WELLFORD, Senior Circuit Judge.


KEITH, Circuit Judge.

Roy C. Blakeney ("Blakeney"), Kenneth Kutnyak ("Kutnyak") and James Box ("Box") (collectively "defendants") appeal their convictions for drug trafficking. For the reasons set forth below, we AFFIRM their convictions and sentences.

I. INTRODUCTION

A. The Facts

1. The Minnesota Transactions

In 1982, Kutnyak approached James Weiss ("Weiss"), who had been selling heroin in Milwaukee, and proposed to enter...

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