UNITED STATES v. SOLANO

Nos. 79-1596 to 79-1599 and 79-1603 to 79-1609.

605 F.2d 1141 (1979)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. William Joseph SOLANO, Jr., Bobby Vernon England, Winston Bryant McConney, Raymond Delbert Witt, Alan David Passaro, Sharon Barger, Ralph Hubert Barger, Jr., John Palomar, Donald Duane Smith, Bert S. Stefanson, James Dewey Witt, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

As Amended October 19, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gilbert Eisenberg, Filippelli & Eisenberg, Kent A. Russell, San Francisco, Cal., Richard E. Hove, Sullivan, Nakahara, Du Bois and Hove, Oakland, Cal., for defendants-appellants.

Sanford Svetcov, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before WALLACE, KENNEDY and TANG, Circuit Judges.


TANG, Circuit Judge.

These consolidated appeals are brought by eleven defendants who have been jointly indicted. The appellants have been charged with various violations of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) provisions of the Organized Crime Control Act of 1970, 18 U.S.C. § 1962(a)-(d). In addition, certain appellants face federal drug and firearms charges.

Each appellant alleges that the RICO prosecution should be barred on the...

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