U.S. v. TRUJILLO

No. 96-5336.

146 F.3d 838 (1998)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Raul TRUJILLO, Francisco Nelson Fuentes, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

July 14, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian H. Bieber, Joel Hirschorn, P.A., Miami, FL, for Trujillo.

Sally Gross, Farina & Gross-Farina, P.A., Miami, FL, for Fuentes.

William A. Keefer, U.S. Atty., Dawn Bowen, Evelio J. Yera, Stephen Schlessinger, Asst. U.S. Attys., Miami, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before HATCHETT, Chief Judge, and RONEY and LAY, Senior Circuit Judges.


HATCHETT, Chief Judge:

In this cocaine trafficking case, appellants Raul Trujillo and Nelson Fuentes challenge the district court's handling of voir dire, various evidentiary rulings, jury instructions and a modified Allen charge at trial. Fuentes also challenges the district court's imposing a two-level enhancement at sentencing for possession of a firearm. We affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

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