U.S. v. DIAZ

No. 90-7890.

26 F.3d 1533 (1994)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Oscar DIAZ; Jose Manuel Ruiz; Jesus Manuel Fernandez; Al Pastor; Billy Allen, a/k/a William Holster Allen; Dudson Woods; Daniel Lee Deatherage; Kelly Fred Kalinowski; Irving Schwartz; Ramon Rodriguez, Jr.; Robert Lincoln Fowler; Joseph Thomas Marino and Samuel J. Degiso, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

July 29, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J.B. Sessions, U.S. Atty., Gloria Bedwell, Mobile, AL, for U.S.

Bill Clay, N. Bay Village, FL, Lawrence E. Besser, Miami, FL, for Diaz.

John Thorton, Jr., Thorton, Rothman & Emas, Miami, FL, Joel Hirschhorn, Coral Gables, FL, for Ruiz.

Domingo Soto, Mobile, AL, for Fernandez.

Richard R. Williams, Mobile, AL, for Pastor.

Leonard Rosenberg, Miami, FL, for Allen.

Gregory S. Reese, Mobile, AL, for Woods.

John Furman, Mobile, AL, for Kalinowski.

Joaquin Perez, Miami, FL, for Rodriguez.

John R. Howes, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, for Marino.

James W. May, Foley, AL, for Degiso.

Robert Levitt, Atlanta, GA, for Swartz.

Alan E. Weinstein, Miami Beach, FL, for Deatherage.

David Garber and Jana V. Jay, Naples, FL, for Fowler.

Before EDMONDSON, Circuit Judge, JOHNSON, Senior Circuit Judge, and PITTMAN, Senior District Judge.


JOHNSON, Senior Circuit Judge:

Defendant-appellant Oscar Diaz and twelve co-defendants ("Appellants")1 appeal various aspects of their convictions and sentences arising out of their participation in a cocaine importation and distribution conspiracy. After due consideration, we affirm Appellants' convictions and sentences.

I. STATEMENT OF THE CASE

A. Background Facts

1. The drug deal

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