Legal Opinion
United States v. David Eugene Ricketts Donald Lee Swackhammer
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided January 24, 2003No. 01-1055, 01-1296PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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 admission of evidence. For the reasons that follow, we affirm the district court.
On the evening of April 7, 1996, David Ricketts, Donald…
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