U.S. v. SHIELDS

Nos. 89-50603, 89-50636 to 89-50638 and 89-50653.

939 F.2d 780 (1991)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jon Barton SHIELDS, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Craig VON MITCHELL, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Bruce Harris WILLIAMS, Defendant-Appellant. (Two Cases) UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Robert James GLASGOW, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided July 24, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Augustus Harper, Barrett, Bajoczky, Hoffman and Harper, Tallahassee, Fla., James F. Pokorny, San Diego, Cal., Frank T. Vecchione, Eugene G. Iredale, San Diego, Cal., for defendants-appellants.

John R. Kraemer, Asst. U.S. Atty., San Diego, Cal., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before WALLACE, Chief Judge, and O'SCANNLAIN and RYMER, Circuit Judges.


WALLACE, Chief Judge:

Shields, Mitchell, Williams, and Glasgow (distributors) appeal from the sentences imposed after each pled guilty to distributing steroids in interstate commerce. The district court had jurisdiction under 18 U.S.C. § 3231. We have jurisdiction over this timely appeal pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We vacate the sentences and remand.

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