Opinion ID: 712234
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 5

Heading: Issues Raised by Codefendants

Text: 32 Mr. Hutching adopts all arguments advanced by his codefendants applicable to him and reasserts some arguments raised by his codefendants. We find merit in only one of these arguments. 33 Mr. Hutching, unlike his codefendants, was convicted of both drug conspiracy, 21 U.S.C. § 846, and continuing criminal enterprise, 21 U.S.C. § 848(a). The drug conspiracy count is a lesser included offense of the continuing criminal enterprise count, and thus we vacate the drug conspiracy conviction. United States v. Stallings, 810 F.2d 973, 975-76 (10th Cir.1987). We note that drug conspiracy is not a lesser included offense of Count 16, killing in furtherance of a continuing criminal enterprise, for the reasons set out in United States v. McCullah, 76 F.3d 1087 (10th Cir.1996). 34 We have carefully considered the other arguments and find them without merit both individually and cumulatively. See United States v. McCullah, 76 F.3d 1087 (10th Cir.1996). 35 Accordingly, we remand to the district court with instructions to VACATE the conviction and sentence on Count 1; we AFFIRM the remaining convictions and sentences.