UNITED STATES v. BURCHINAL

Nos. 80-2025, 80-2026 and 80-2032.

657 F.2d 985 (1981)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Isaac N. BURCHINAL, Jr., Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Russell Jack KERN, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. John GERARD, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided August 12, 1981.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied September 9, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald L. Wolff, Leonard J. Frankel (argued), Wolff & Frankel, Clayton, Mo., for appellant Kern.

Robert D. Kingsland, U. S. Atty., Kevin F. O'Malley (argued), David M. Rosen, Pamela H. Bucy, Asst. U. S. Attys., E. D. Mo., for appellee United States of America.

Russell Jack Kern, pro se.

John Gerard, pro se.

Allen I. Harris, St. Louis, Mo., for appellant Gerard.

Frederick H. Mayer, Ronald E. Jenkins (argued), St. Louis, Mo., for appellant Burchinal; Armstrong, Teasdale, Kramer & Vaughan, St. Louis, Mo., James P. Finstrom, Dallas, Tex. (rebuttal), of counsel.

Before LAY, Chief Judge, and ROSS and ARNOLD, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied September 9, 1981.

ROSS, Circuit Judge.

Isaac Newton Burchinal, Jr., Russell Jack Kern and John Gerard were indicted on August 6, 1980, along with 11 other individuals. Count I of the indictment charged all 14 defendants with conspiring "to distribute, and possess with intent to distribute, marijuana, methaqualone and hashish," in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) and 846. Each of the three appellants also...

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