United States v. James R. Goff, Benjamin Phillip Barrington, Romulo Lon Kuntze, Terry B. Drewes, and Horst Schoenhoff

JERRE S. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:

Five appellants raise numerous issues challenging their convictions on multiple counts relating to several importations or attempted importations of marihuana and cocaine between June 1984 and August 1985. The original indictment contained twenty-nine counts against twenty-six defendants. Shortly before trial, certain counts were dismissed without prejudice, leaving eighteen remaining counts. The government proceeded against eight of the defendants in a six-week trial that commenced December 1, 1986, and generated some six thousand pages of record and…