Legal Opinion
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Joann Winfield GILLAM and Lizzie Bea McGirt, Defendants-Appellants
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided February 18, 1999No. 97-50462, 97-50466PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SCHWARZER, Senior District Judge.
Lizzie Bea McGirt (“McGirt”) and Joann Winfield Gillam (“Gillam”) appeal from their conspiracy, smuggling and bribery convictions. They contend that their convictions should be reversed because the district court failed to sever their trials and because the prosecutor discriminated in his exercise of peremptory strikes. They also assert sentencing errors, arguing that the district court misapplied the guideline by basing their sentences on the benefit received by the payers of the bribe and erred in denying McGirt a downward adjustment for acceptance of…
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