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U.S. v. RHYNES

Nos. 97-4465 to 97-4470, 97-4602 and 97-4640.

206 F.3d 349 (1999)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Willie James RHYNES, a/k/a Big Will, Defendant-Appellant. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Michael Sevane Rhynes, Defendant-Appellant. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Theodore Adams, a/k/a Cripple Thado, Defendant-Appellant. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Purvis H. Gormley, a/k/a Lightbread, Defendant-Appellant. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. John Wayne White, a/k/a Whitey, Defendant-Appellant. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Lester McCoy, Defendant-Appellant. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Alexander Adams, a/k/a Fats, Defendant-Appellant. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Michael Sevane Rhynes, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided October 26, 1999

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Noell Peter Tin, Ferguson, Stein, Wallas, Adkins, Gresham & Sumter, P.A., Charlotte, North Carolina; Claire J. Rauscher, Charlotte, North Carolina; Michael Smith Scofield, Charlotte, North Carolina; Gregory Bruce Park, Lange & Park, Charlotte, North Carolina; John Keating Wiles, Cheshire & Parker, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellants. Gretchen C.F. Shappert, Robert Jack Higdon, Jr., Office of the United States Attorney, Charlotte, North Carolina, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Joseph B. Cheshire, IV, Cheshire & Parker, Charlotte, North Carolina, for Appellant Willie Rhynes; Barry M. Storick, Charlotte, North Carolina, for Appellant White; Mark P. Foster, Jr., Charlotte, North Carolina, for Appellant Gormley.

Before WILKINSON, Chief Judge, KING, Circuit Judge, and WILLIAMS, United States District Judge for the District of Maryland, sitting by designation.

Affirmed in part, judgement withheld in part by published opinion. Judge WILLIAMS wrote the opinion, in which Chief Judge WILKINSON joined. Judge KING wrote an opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part.

OPINION

WILLIAMS, District Judge:

Appellants Willie James Rhynes ("W. Rhynes"), his son Michael Sevane Rhynes ("M. Rhynes"), Theodore Adams ("T.Adams"), Purvis H. Gormley ("Gormley"), John Wayne White ("White"), Lester McCoy ("McCoy"), and...

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