Legal Opinion
United States v. James E. King (00-5271) Juan Ramirez-Mendoza (00-5383)
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided November 27, 2001No. 00-5271, 00-5383PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ALAN E. NORRIS, Circuit Judge.
James King (“King”) and Juan Ramirez-Mendoza (“Ramirez-Mendoza”) appeal from their convictions and their sentences for drug trafficking and conspiracy. They challenge the sufficiency of the evidence, the use of a tape transcript during closing argument, and their sentences, raising an Apprendi challenge to the failure to allege the drug amount and Ramirez-Mendoza’s prior conviction as elements of the offense. For the reasons that follow we affirm the convictions and sentences of both King and Ramirez-Mendoza.
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