U.S. v. BAKER

No. 00-13083.

432 F.3d 1189 (2005)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Marvin BAKER, Wayne Baptiste a.k.a. "Fat Wayne", Michael Harper a.k.a. "Cuban Mike", Arthur Pless a.k.a. "Plex", Kenneth Williams a.k.a. "Boobie" a.k.a. "Black", Susan Hall Gibson a.k.a. "Miss Sue", Leonard Brown a.k.a. Bo, Efrain Casado a.k.a. "E-4" a.k.a. "Efro", Jonathon Hawthorne a.k.a. "Moose", Malcolm Shaw, Ben H. Johnson a.k.a "Bush", Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

December 13, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roderick D. Vereen and Mauricio L. Aldazabal (Court-Appointed), Miami, FL, Arthur L. Wallace, III (Court-Appointed), Wallace Law Office, Pompano Beach, FL, Russell K. Rosenthal, Fed. Pub. Def., Fed. Pub. Defender's Office, Fort Myers, FL, G. Richard Strafer, G. Richard Strafer, P.A., Marisa Tinkler Mendez (Court-Appointed), Marisa Tinkler Mendez, P.A., Abe Anselheart Bailey (Court-Appointed), Abe A. Bailey, P.A., Miami, FL, Gregory A. Samms (Court-Appointed), Law Offices of Gregory A. Samms, Coral Gables, FL, Lynn Waxman (Court-Appointed), Lynn G. Waxman, P.A., West Palm Beach, FL, James S. Benjamin (Court-Appointed), Benjamin & Aaronson, P.A., Michael G. Smith (Court-Appointed), Ft. Lauderdale, FL, for Defendants-Appellants.

Carol E. Herman, Anne R. Schultz, Miami, FL, for U.S.

Before BARKETT and MARCUS, Circuit Judges, and GEORGE, District Judge.


BARKETT, Circuit Judge:

Eleven defendants appeal their convictions for drug trafficking offenses after a jury trial. Seven of these defendants also appeal their sentences. We address each of the defendants' arguments in turn, and AFFIRM the convictions and sentences of Williams, Casado, Harper, Leonard Brown, Malcolm Shaw, Baker, Baptiste, Pless and Gibson; REVERSE the convictions of Johnson and Hawthorne; and REMAND the...

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