U.S. v. PETTY

Nos. 90-30291 to 90-30294.

982 F.2d 1365 (1993)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Robert M. PETTY, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Melvin L. DeWITT, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Pasqual DEBRAINE, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jordan Rodrigues QUINTAL, Jr., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided January 7, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard J. Troberman, James L. Varnell, Ziontz, Chestnut, Varnell, Berley & Slonim, Seattle, WA, Frank J. Ragen, San Diego, CA, and David S. Marshall, Seattle, WA, for defendants-appellants.

Jerry Diskin, Asst. U.S. Atty., Seattle, WA, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before: HUG, NOONAN and THOMPSON, Circuit Judges.


DAVID R. THOMPSON, Circuit Judge:

Robert M. Petty, Melvin L. DeWitt, Pasqual Debraine and Jordan Rodrigues Quintal, Jr. challenge the use of a coconspirator's post-arrest statement against them at the sentencing phase of the criminal process. Other issues involving these defendants have been dealt with in an unpublished memorandum disposition. A separate sentencing issue raised by Petty and Quintal is dealt with in a separate opinion filed herewith.

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