Opinion ID: 71274
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Text: The defendants raise the following issues on appeal: 1. Whether the district court erred in denying the defendants' challenges to the government's use of peremptory strikes. 2. Whether the district court erred in admitting the statement Rower made at his bond hearing. 3. Whether the district court erred in admitting hearsay statements made by Sara. 4. Whether Tokars was prejudiced by misrepresentations regarding the polygraph exam and the failure to produce the exam. 5. Whether Tokars had the opportunity to cross-examine Lawrence. 6. Whether the district court erred in denying Tokars's motion to suppress evidence seized from Tokars's residence. 7. Whether the district court abused its discretion in its admission of various items of evidence. 8. Whether the jury charge on Count V was proper. 9. Whether sufficient evidence supports Mason and Tokars's convictions. 10. Whether the district court erred in denying Mason's motion for a new trial. 11. Whether the district court properly permitted the jury to find that Tokars committed racketeering act nine. 12. Whether the district court abused its discretion in moving the trial to Birmingham, Alabama. 13. Whether the district court erred in granting only one continuance of the trial. 14. Whether the district court abused its discretion in denying Mason's motion for severance from Tokars. 15. Whether cross-examination of Ambrusko was properly limited. 16. Whether the prosecutor engaged in misconduct. 17. Whether the district court properly refused Tokars's theory-of-the-case charges. 18. Whether the district court violated Tokars's due process rights by prohibiting comments by the attorneys on dismissed charges. 19. Whether the references to violence and fear and other prejudicial evidence denied Tokars a fair trial. 20. Whether Mason was properly sentenced. 21. Whether this court's limitation of Tokars's brief denied him the effective assistance of counsel or due process on appeal.