United States v. Sandra Hernandez, A/K/A "Cha Cha," Ronnie Lee Tape, Karen McCalvin Rodney Gilmore, Rickey Rogers

KRAVITCH, Circuit Judge:

BACKGROUND

Five appellants bring an array of appeals from their convictions resulting from a drug selling operation. They contend that procedural and constitutional errors by the trial court deprived them of a fair trial. We disagree and affirm on all issues.

Ronnie Lee Tape led the drug operation. He began selling cocaine in Fort Myers, Florida in 1979. He later lived with Sandra Hernandez, who assisted in buying and selling cocaine. Karen McCalvin and Rodney Gilmore helped prepare and package crack cocaine for sale; they also sold it for Tape as did a number of other…