United States v. Samih K. Masri and Wally Ghalayini

TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:

The defendants-appellants, Masri and Ghalayini, where convicted in a joint, non-jury trial of conspiracy to import heroin in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 952(a) & 963 (1970). They assert multiple errors on appeal. Finding each of them either meritless or harmless, we affirm.

I. Sufficiency of the Evidence

Initially, the appellants claim that the evidence before the district court was insufficient to support their convictions. Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the Government, as mandated by Glasser v. United States, 315 U.S. 60, 80, 62 S.Ct. 457, 86 L.Ed.…