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U.S. v. PORTER

Nos. 85-5306 to 85-5310.

821 F.2d 968 (1987)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Wayne PORTER, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Earl Dean JOLLY, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Thomas Lee BELL, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Lewis Greg BARENTINE, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. James Henry HAND, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided June 22, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold J. Bender, Charlotte, N.C., Andrea C. Long, Richmond, Va., E.F. Parnell, III, Charlotte, N.C., William J. Sheppard (Boone & Warren, Richmond, Va., Keith M. Stroud, Charlotte, N.C. on brief), for appellants.

Max Cogburn, Chief Asst. U.S. Atty. (Charles R. Brewer, U.S. Atty., Asheville, N.C., on brief), for appellee.

Before WINTER, Chief Judge, HALL, Circuit Judge, and BUTZNER, Senior Circuit Judge.

BUTZNER, Senior Circuit Judge:

Wayne Porter, Thomas Bell, Lewis Barrentine, Earl Jolly, and James Hand appeal judgments convicting them of violating laws pertaining to the importation and distribution of drugs. They were indicted with 34 other defendants in a 45-count indictment. We affirm on all but several counts.

Porter was charged in 28 counts, including 5 charges of conspiracy in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846 and one charge of engaging in a continuing...

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