United States v. Roy C. Blakeney (90-5664), Kenneth A. Kutnyak (90-5665), and James E. Box (90-6041)

KEITH, Circuit Judge.

Roy C. Blakeney (“Blakeney”), Kenneth Kutnyak (“Kutnyak”) and James Box (“Box”) (collectively “defendants”) appeal their convictions for drug trafficking. For the reasons set forth below, we AFFIRM their convictions and sentences.

I. INTRODUCTION

A. The Facts

1. The Minnesota Transactions

In 1982, Kutnyak approached James Weiss (“Weiss”), who had been selling heroin in Milwaukee, and proposed to enter into a cocaine trafficking partnership with Kutnyak and William Wolk (“Wolk”). Weiss agreed and began regularly transporting cocaine from Florida with Kutnyak. Typically,…