U.S. v. TRICE

Nos. 87-2452, 87-2472 and 87-2540.

864 F.2d 1421 (1988)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. William Joseph TRICE, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Rudolph John KEPKA, Appellant. Hazen A. JOHNSON, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided December 29, 1988.

Rehearing Denied March 7, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Scott Rhinehart, Sioux City, Iowa, for Trice.

Peter E. Van Etten, Sioux City, Iowa, for Kepka.

John Forrest M. Samore, Sioux City, Iowa, for Johnson.

Lester A. Paff and Willis A. Buell, Sioux City, Iowa, for appellee.

Before HEANEY and MAGILL, Circuit Judges, and LARSON, Senior District Judge.


HEANEY, Circuit Judge.

Rudolph John Kepka, William Joseph Trice and Hazen Arvid Johnson appeal their convictions for conspiracy to and for possession of chemicals with intent to manufacture amphetamines.

In September of 1986, Roger Rasmussen visited Sioux City, Iowa, and met defendant Trice. In the next month or two, Trice visited Rasmussen and started inquiring about the chemical processes to make amphetamines. Rasmussen, being a high school chemistry teacher...

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