U.S. v. FORD

Nos. 92-5767, 92-5768, 92-5781, 92-5802, 92-5809, 93-5071, 93-5080, 93-5097, 93-5152, 93-5180, 93-5313 and 93-5362.

88 F.3d 1350 (1996)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Melvin A. FORD, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Cynthia Evette BROWN, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Carlos Edwin McGILL, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Michael Dewayne SHORT, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Eric S. BROWN, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Norman O'Neal BROWN, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Walter Trevaughn SMITH, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jeffrey Andrew REID, a/k/a U.S., Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Roderick BROWN, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Hassan Lafiek SMITH, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Robert Antonio WILLIAMS, a/k/a John Doe, a/k/a Gibby, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Michael Steven SMITH, a/k/a Black Mike, a/k/a Smitty, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided July 15, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: John David Ash, Baltimore, Maryland; James Christopher Savage, Law Offices of James Savage, Rockville, Maryland; Arcangelo Michael Timinelli, Baltimore, Maryland; William B. Purpura, Baltimore, Maryland; David Richard Solomon, Baltimore, Maryland; William Scott Little, Stark & Little, Baltimore, Maryland; Colin R. Hueston, Eugene P. Tinari & Associates, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Daniel Tisdale, Baltimore, Maryland; Alan Curtis Drew, Upper Marlboro, Maryland, for Appellants. John Vincent Geise, Assistant United States Attorney, Greenbelt, Maryland, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Eugene Patrick Tinari, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for Appellant Eric Brown; C. Michael Walls, Laurel, Maryland, for Appellant Hassan Smith; Gary L. Segal, Rockville, Maryland, for Appellant Michael Smith; Howard L. Cardin, Cardin & Gitomer, P.A., Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellant Cynthia Brown; Kenneth Mack Williams, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellant Walter Smith; Jeffrey C. Hines, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellant Roderick Brown. Lynne A. Battaglia, United States Attorney, Barbara S. Skalla, Assistant United States Attorney, Greenbelt, Maryland, for Appellee.

Before RUSSELL and HALL, Circuit Judges, and THORNBURG, United States District Judge for the Western District of North Carolina, sitting by designation.


Affirmed in part and vacated and remanded in part by published opinion. Judge RUSSELL wrote the opinion, in which Judge HALL and Judge THORNBURG joined.

OPINION

DONALD S. RUSSELL, Circuit Judge:

This case is the result of an extensive investigation into the cocaine trafficking activities of Paul Winestock, Jr., Norman Brown, and numerous associates. The investigation included court-ordered electronic surveillance on several cellular telephone lines...

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