U.S. v. PENA-RODRIGUEZ

No. 95-50077.

110 F.3d 1120 (1997)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Arturo PENA-RODRIGUEZ, Maxwell Gene Wallace, Lloyd Maestas, Bob Alan Dickinson, a/k/a "Fred", a/k/a Robert Alan Dickinson, Leonard Gene Lied, Avelino Gil-Terrazas, Ruben Gallegos, Hector Mendoza-Garcia, and William Hobert Russell, a/k/a "El Indio", a/k/a William Hobart Russell, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied May 22, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Durbin, Jr., Asst. U.S. Attorney, San Antonio, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Robert Ramos, El Paso, TX, for Arturo Pena-Rodriguez and Hector Mendoza-Garcia, Defendants-Appellants.

J. Albert Kroemer, Hill, Held, Metzger, Lofgven & Peele, Dallas, TX, for Maxwell Gene Wallace, Defendant-Appellant.

Timothy M. Padilla, Todd Bruce Hotchkiss, Timothy M. Padilla & Associates, Albuquerque, NM, for Lloyd Maestas, Defendant-Appellant.

Carlos D. Villa, El Paso, TX, for Bob Alan Dickinson aka Robert Alan Dickinson aka "Fred", Defendant-Appellant.

Michael R. Gibson, El Paso, TX, for Leonard Gene Lied, Defendant-Appellant.

Thomas Sanders Hughes, El Paso, TX, for Ruben Gallegos, Defendant-Appellant.

Bernard J. Panetta, II, El Paso, TX, for William Hobert Russell aka "El Indio", Defendant-Appellant.

Before BARKSDALE, EMILIO M. GARZA and BENAVIDES, Circuit Judges.


BENAVIDES, Circuit Judge:

This case involves an appeal by eight appellants from convictions for various narcotics offenses related to their roles in an international narcotics-distribution organization. The superseding grand jury indictment charged thirty-two defendants with eight counts and resulted in a three-week trial involving eighteen defendants. At trial, the government called over 100 witnesses and entered more than 800 exhibits into evidence. Each of the...

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