UNITED STATES v. RUSH

Nos. 83-1177, 83-1391 and 83-1463.

738 F.2d 497 (1984)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Donald Nixon RUSH, Larry Joseph Lancelotti, Gregory Lee Lancelotti, Harry J. Shnurman, Robert Michael Cohen, Thomas G. Converse, David Earl Johnson, Irving F. Imoberstag, Carl Eric Olsen, Jacob Shnurman, Randall Collins, Jeffrey Allen Brown, and David Nissenbaum, Defendants, Appellants. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Michael Lee RISOLVATO, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Charles LEATON, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided June 27, 1984.

Petitions for Rehearing Denied July 26, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James R. Cook, Des Moines, Iowa, with whom Cook & Waters Law Firm, and William Kutmus, Des Moines, Iowa, were on brief, for appellants.

James L. Sultan, Boston, Mass., by appointment of the Court, for Jacob Shnurman.

James D. Poliquin, Portland, Me., by appointment of the Court, and Norman & Hanson on brief, for Thomas G. Converse.

Irving F. Imoberstag on brief, pro se.

Carl Eric Olsen on brief, pro se.

Jeffrey Allen Brown on brief, pro se.

Margaret D. McGaughey, Asst. U.S. Atty., Portland, Me., with whom Richard S. Cohen, U.S. Atty., Portland, Me., and Jay P. McCloskey, Asst. U.S. Atty., Bangor, Me., were on brief, for appellee.

Before COFFIN and BOWNES, Circuit Judges, and PETTINE, Senior District Judge.


BOWNES, Circuit Judge.

These appeals are taken by fifteen men convicted after a jury trial of one or both counts under a two-count indictment charging them with (a) conspiracy to possess marijuana with intent to distribute, 21 U.S.C. §§ 846 & 841(b)(6), and (b) possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & 841(b)(6). Appellants' principal claims are that their speedy trial rights were violated, that some of...

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