Opinion ID: 781605
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Heading: The Appellants' Other Claims

Text: 55 We easily dispose of Griffin's additional claims of error. Miller's testimony that Griffin had told him about his possession of a gun was properly admissible as the party's own statement, pursuant to Rule 801(d)(2)(A). The tape-recorded conversations about the handgun were properly admitted as statements by co-conspirators made in furtherance of the conspiracy. Fed.R.Evid. 801(d)(2)(E). Griffin's claim under Apprendi is meritless because he was sentenced to 121 months imprisonment, within the twenty-year statutory maximum. See United States v. McLeod, 251 F.3d 78, 82 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 534 U.S. 935, 122 S.Ct. 304, 151 L.Ed.2d 226 (2001). Finally, we conclude that Griffin's claims of ineffective assistance of counsel are without merit. See Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668, 694, 104 S.Ct. 2052, 80 L.Ed.2d 674 (1984).