United States v. Gilberto Arbelaez, United States of America v. Ralph Rojas, United States of America v. Eduardo Garrido Ponce De Leon, United States of America v. Eduardo Arcila

719 F.2d 1453 14 Fed. R. Evid. Serv. 973 UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Gilberto ARBELAEZ, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ralph ROJAS, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Eduardo GARRIDO PONCE de LEON, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Eduardo ARCILA, Defendant-Appellant. Nos. 82-1084, 82-1085, 82-1115 and 82-1116. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued May 11, 1983. Submitted June 14, 1983. Decided Nov. 10, 1983. Mervyn Hamburg, Washington, D.C., for plaintiff-appellee. Arthur Addess, Arthur W. Tifford, Miami, Fla., Jeffrey J. Gale, Sacramento, Cal., Edward McHale, Coral Gables, Fla., for defendants-appellants. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. Before PECK, * FLETCHER, and PREGERSON, Circuit Judges. PREGERSON, Circuit Judge: 1 Appellants Gilberto Arbelaez, Ralph Rojas, Eduardo Garrido Ponce de Leon (Garrido), and Eduardo Arcila appeal their convictions for cocaine related offenses. After a joint trial, the jury convicted all four appellants, Arbelaez, Rojas, Garrido, and Arcila, of…