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U.S. v. SYLVESTER

No. 96-60796.

143 F.3d 923 (1998)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Mark SYLVESTER, Leon Brown, and Willie Earl Culley, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 11, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Victoria May, Asst. U.S. Atty., Billups S. Allen, Jackson, MS, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

John Mark Colette, Jackson, MS, for Willie Earl Culley.

Merrida P. Coxwell, Charles Richard Mullins, Keyes, Danks & Coxwell, Jackson, MS, for Leon Brown.

Orbie Stanley Craft, Brandon, MS, for Mark Sylvester.

Before GARWOOD, SMITH and EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judges.

JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:

Mark Sylvester, Leon Brown, and Willie Culley appeal their convictions and, in Brown's case, the sentence, for assorted drug-related crimes. We remand for a hearing on their jury tampering claim and reject the remainder of their challenges.

I.

A.

Culley ran an automotive shop in Jackson, Mississippi. Following a lengthy investigation, the government concluded that...

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