8 Fed. R. Evid. Serv. 971, 9 Fed. R. Evid. Serv. 240 United States of America v. Inocenio Guterrez Perez, AKA Jose Perez, and Jose De Jesus Ruvalcaba- Villalobos

658 F.2d 654 8 Fed. R. Evid. Serv. 971 , 9 Fed. R. Evid. Serv. 240 UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Inocenio Guterrez PEREZ, aka Jose Perez, and Jose De Jesus Ruvalcaba- Villalobos, Defendants-Appellants. No. 80-1320. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted March 12, 1981. Decided June 29, 1981. As Amended Sept. 28, 1981. Jerome S. Stanley, Stanley & Wing, Inc., Sacramento, Cal., defendants-appellants. Julian Macias, Asst. U. S. Atty., Sacramento, Cal., for plaintiff-appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. Before TANG and POOLE, Circuit Judges, and LUCAS * , District Judge. TANG, Circuit Judge: 1 * Appellant Ruvalcaba-Villalobos was convicted of conspiracy to distribute cocaine and distribution of cocaine. On appeal he contends: (1) there was insufficient evidence of conspiracy and his connection to it to justify the admission of certain statements under the coconspirator exception to the federal hearsay rules; (2) his Sixth Amendment right to confront witnesses was violated by the admission of the coconspirator's statements; (3) the trial court erred in dismissing a juror; and…