Legal Opinion
United States v. Donald Berry Burns, United States of America v. Joseph L. Laforney
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided March 19, 1993No. 92-5074, 92-5175PublishedCited by 125 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ERVIN, Chief Judge:
Following trial by jury, Donald Berry Burns and Joseph L. Laforney were convicted of charges stemming from a scheme to. import marijuana and cocaine into the United States. Their cases, consolidated on direct appeal, present numerous claims in which we find no merit. We therefore affirm the judgment of the district court.
I
The manifold issues presented by this appeal rest upon procedural history of some complexity, which for clarity’s sake we describe in two parts.
A
On March 12, 1991 a grand jury in the Eastern District of North Carolina returned an eleven-count…
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