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U.S. v. HOWARD

Nos. 96-4675 to 96-4677.

115 F.3d 1151 (1997)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Melvin E. HOWARD, a/k/a Mu, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. George H. JONES, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jimmy BACON, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided June 13, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Michael R. Ramos, Ramos & Lewis, Shallotte, NC, for Appellant Howard; Vaughan S. Winborne, Jr., Raleigh, NC, for Appellant Jones; Edwin Mitchell Hardy, Washington, NC, for Appellant Bacon. Anne Margaret Hayes, Assistant United States Attorney, Raleigh, NC, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Janice McKenzie Cole, United States Attorney, William W. Webb, Assistant United States Attorney, Amanda L. Eller, Third Year Law Student, Duke University, Raleigh, NC, for Appellees.

Before WILKINSON, Chief Judge, MICHAEL, Circuit Judge, and COPENHAVER, United States District Judge for the Southern District of West Virginia, sitting by designation.

Affirmed by published opinion. Chief Judge WILKINSON wrote the opinion, in which Judge MICHAEL and Judge COPENHAVER joined.

OPINION

WILKINSON, Chief Judge:

Melvin Howard, George Jones, and Jimmy Bacon were convicted in May 1996 of conspiracy to distribute cocaine base in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846. Howard, Jones, and Bacon appeal their convictions on several grounds — that Howard's confession should not have been admitted, that Howard...

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