546 F2d 1242 United States v. Brannon  546 F.2d 1242  UNITED
STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, Larry Lee BRANNON,
Defendant-Appellant.  Nos. 75-4124, 75-4275.  United States
Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.  Feb. 11, 1977. Rehearing and
Rehearing En Banc March 11, 1977.  James A. Molans, Martin
Blitstein, Miami, Fla., for appellant.    Before COLEMAN, CLARK
and TJOFLAT, Circuit Judges.  TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:
Appellant was charged with conspiring with four other
individuals to possess and distribute cocaine in violation of 21
U.S.C. § 846 (1970). He was convicted and sentenced to ten years
imprisonment and a fifteen year special parole term.1 During the
course of the trial appellant was also summarily cited for
criminal contempt under Fed.R.Crim.P. 42(a) and sentenced to six
months imprisonment. He has appealed the conspiracy conviction,
contending that the trial judge erred in (a) restricting his
cross-examination of a government witness, (b) refusing to grant
a continuance until a defense witness ar