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U.S. v. RIVERA

No. 89-5228.

926 F.2d 1564 (1991)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Johnny RIVERA, Elena Vila, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

March 22, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Cohen, Miami, Fla., for Johnny Rivera.

Arthur Joel Berger, Miami, Fla., for Elena Vila.

Dexter W. Lehtinen, June C. Seraydar, U.S. Attys., Eduardo Palmer, Linda Collins-Hertz, Asst. U.S. Attys., Miami, Fla., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before HATCHETT and CLARK, Circuit Judges, and MORGAN, Senior Circuit Judge.

CLARK, Circuit Judge:

Defendants Elena Vila and Johnny Rivera appeal from their convictions for conspiracy to import, importation of, conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and possession with intent to distribute in excess of 500 grams of cocaine. For the following reasons, we affirm these convictions.

I. BACKGROUND

On August 17, 1988, Vila, Rivera, and John Stroud arrived at Miami International...

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