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U.S. v. RICKETTS

Nos. 01-1055, 01-1296.

317 F.3d 540 (2003)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. David Eugene RICKETTS; Donald Lee Swackhammer, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: January 24, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Bruha (argued and briefed), United States Attorney's Office, Grand Rapids, MI, for U.S.

Christopher P. Yates (argued and briefed), Federal Public Defenders Office, Grand Rapids, MI, for David Eugene Ricketts.

Martin J. Beres (argued and briefed), St. Clair Shores, MI, for Donald Lee Swackhammer.

Before MARTIN, Chief Circuit Judge; NELSON and GILMAN, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

BOYCE F. MARTIN, JR., Chief Circuit Judge.

Defendants, David Ricketts and Donald Swackhammer, challenge their convictions growing out of a drug conspiracy involving a murder with a firearm. Though they were tried independently and at separate times, the clerk of court joined their appeals together. On appeal, Ricketts and Swackhammer raise between them several issues for review, ranging from the constitutionality of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) to the...

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