U.S. v. TORRES-RODRIGUEZ

Nos. 89-30298 to 89-30301.

930 F.2d 1375 (1991)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Calixtro TORRES-RODRIGUEZ, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ricardo GUARDADO, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Trinidad J. ESTRADA-SOLORZANO, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Am Paro MADRIZ, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided April 4, 1991.

As Amended June 28, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven E. Teich, San Francisco, Cal., for defendant-appellant Am Paro Madriz.

Victor S. Palacios, San Francisco, Cal., for defendants-appellants Calixtro Torres-Rodriguez and Trinidad J. Estrada-Solorzano.

Robert David Baker, San Jose, Cal., for Ricardo Guardado.

Kenneth Bell, Asst. U.S. Atty., Tacoma, Wash., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before TANG, D.W. NELSON and CANBY, Circuit Judges.


CANBY, Circuit Judge:

Defendant-appellants Calixtro Torres-Rodriguez (Torres), Am Paro Madriz, Ricardo Guardado and J. Trinidad Estrada-Solorzano (Estrada) were convicted in a jury trial of various offenses arising out of a drug-trafficking operation. Appellants allege numerous errors in the pre-trial, trial and sentencing phases. We find some of their contentions meritorious and reject the rest.

I. BACKGROUND

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