Legal Opinion
United States v. Alexander Egbuniwe, Celestine Emere Anyanwu
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 30, 1992No. 91-50378, 91-50382PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALARCON, Circuit Judge:
Alexander Egbuniwe and Celestine Any-anwu appeal from the judgments entered upon their convictions for violations of federal narcotics laws. They assert that the district court abused its discretion in excusing a juror and allowing an eleven-person jury to return a verdict. In addition, Eg-buniwe asserts the district court erred in calculating his sentence based on the amount of heroin possessed by the other members of the conspiracy. We affirm because we conclude that the district court acted within its discretion in proceeding with eleven jurors pursuant to Rule 23(b)…
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