United States v. Raymond Williams, United States of America v. Jerry Cunningham

46 F.3d 1148 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Raymond WILLIAMS, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jerry CUNNINGHAM, Defendant-Appellant. Nos. 93-50151, 93-50427. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Oct. 4, 1994. * Decided Jan. 11, 1995. 1 Before: FLETCHER, FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judges, and SEDWICK, District Judge. ** 2 MEMORANDUM *** 3 Jerry Cunningham and Raymond Williams, convicted of drug conspiracy and substantive drug counts, were both members of an eleven-person cocaine trafficking conspiracy. Williams appeals his sentence imposed after a guilty plea. Cunningham appeals his convictions based on jury verdicts. We affirm. I. FACTS 4 In November 1988, the FBI and the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department ("LASD") began a joint investigation of a suspected cocaine trafficking organization operating out of Miracle Carpet Cleaners ("MCC") in Glendale,…