Legal Opinion
United States v. Herman Mers, Lester Mers, Randy James Myers, Paul J. Ferrante
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided March 21, 1983No. 81-7777PublishedCited by 168 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
VANCE, Circuit Judge.
The four appellants, Herman Mers, Lester Mers, Paul Ferrante and Randy Myers, appeal convictions for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute marijuana, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a), 846, and aiding and abetting the distribution of marijuana, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and 18 U.S.C. § 2. Appellants raise divergent issues before this court but only two require serious treatment: whether a single defense attorney’s representation of all four appellants at trial violated the right to effective assistance of counsel of Ferrante, Myers and Herman Mers, and whether Herman and Lester…
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