U.S. v. RILEY

Nos. 91-5086 through 91-5092.

991 F.2d 120 (1993)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Howard Anthony RILEY, a/k/a Howie, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant. v. Maurice PATTERSON, a/k/a Strange, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jeffrey Pat GADSON, a/k/a Tony, a/k/a Abudul Kadeem Matuba, a/k/a Vincent Campbell, a/k/a Robert George McLeod, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Michael Anthony NOBLE, a/k/a Jamaican Mike, a/k/a Michael Anthony Thomas, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Windell Felton CRAWLEY, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Craig JONES, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided April 19, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Beth Mina Farber, Asst. Federal Public Defender, Federal Public Defender's Office, Ralph Kenneth Rothwell, Jr., Maslan, Maslan & Rothwell, P.A., Robert Thomas Durkin, Jr., Solomon & Durkin, Baltimore, MD, argued (Fred Warren Bennett, Defender, on brief), for appellants.

James Richard Alsup, Asst. U.S. Atty., Baltimore, MD, argued (Richard D. Bennett, U.S. Atty., Maury S. Epner, Asst. U.S. Atty., Susan Quarnguesser, Law Clerk, on brief) for appellee.

Before NIEMEYER and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges, and CHAPMAN, Senior Circuit Judge.


OPINION

NIEMEYER, Circuit Judge:

Howard Anthony Riley, Maurice Patterson, Jeffrey Pat Gadson, Michael Anthony Noble, Windell Felton Crawley, and Craig Jones were indicted along with five others and convicted of participating in a conspiracy to distribute more than 50 grams of crack cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846 and related offenses. The defendants challenge their convictions and sentences on various grounds that we now address.

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