U.S. v. HAMILTON

No. 90-8804.

953 F.2d 1344 (1992)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Johnnie Lee HAMILTON, Grady Louis White, Charleston Kelley, Jr., Cassius Kelley, Donnell Kelley, Steven Lamar Cook, Frederick Harden, Judson Sims, Jr., James Arthur Adams and Stanley Bostic, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

Rehearing Denied March 31, 1992.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied April 15, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles R. Sheppard, Augusta, Ga., for Hamilton.

F. Michael Taylor, Augusta, Ga., for White.

Bruce S. Harvey, Atlanta, Ga., Marshall L. Cohen, Atlanta, Ga., for Charleston Kelley, Jr.

Edward J. Coleman, III, Augusta, Ga. (court-appointed), for Cassius Kelley.

William Sams, Jr., Augusta, Ga. (court-appointed), for Donnell Kelley.

Michael R. Hauptman, Atlanta, Ga., for Steven Lamar Cook.

Charles H.S. Lyons, III, Hawk & Lyons, P.C., Augusta, Ga. (court-appointed), for Frederick Harden.

David V. Weber, Martinez, Ga. (Court-appointed), for Judson Sims, Jr.

Richard E. Allen, Augusta, Ga. (Court-appointed) for Stanley Bostic.

Kenneth R. Chance, Augusta, Ga., for James Arthur Adams.

J. Michael Faulkner, Asst. U.S. Atty., Augusta, Ga., W. Leon Barfield, Asst. U.S. Atty., Savannah, Ga., Merv Hamburg, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for U.S.

Before JOHNSON CLARK and PECK, Senior Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied April 15, 1992.

PER CURIAM.

This appeal arises from Appellants' convictions for violations of federal narcotics laws and other drug-related offenses. With the exception of Cassius Kelley's challenge to his sentence for violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c), we find Appellants' arguments to be without merit and affirm the convictions.

FACTS

In 1989, an investigation of the "Kelley Organization" by authorities...

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