UNITED STATES v. BROWN

Nos. 78-1099, 78-1104, 78-1114 and 78-1119.

584 F.2d 252 (1978)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Leo Anthony BROWN, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Cleo Arthur BROWN, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Miriam Marie DeROODE, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Brenda BASSIGNANI, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided September 14, 1978.

Rehearings Denied October 17, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter J. Thompson (on brief), Delaney, Thompson & O'Rourke, Ltd., Minneapolis, Minn., and Joseph T. Dixon, Jr. (on brief), Henson & Efron, Minneapolis, Minn., argued, for appellants; was filed by Bruce P. Candlin, Minneapolis, Minn., and Fred A. Reiter, Minneapolis, Minn., on brief.

Andrew W. Danielson, U. S. Atty., and Ann D. Montgomery, Asst. U. S. Atty. (argued), Minneapolis, Minn., on brief for appellee.

Before LAY, HEANEY and ROSS, Circuit Judges.


ROSS, Circuit Judge.

Appellants in this case were charged in a heroin conspiracy and distribution scheme which took place in Minneapolis and extended over a period of about five months. Appellants include two women, Brenda Bassignani and Miriam De Roode, and twin brothers, Leo Anthony Brown and Cleo Arthur Brown. Also indicted in the scheme were Laura Figone and Michael Rush. Neither of the latter two is an appellant, however; Laura Figone pleaded guilty after the...

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