U.S. v. BAKER

Nos. 89-10302, 89-10303, 89-10380, 89-10456 to 89-10459, 89-10464 to 89-10469 and 89-10567.

10 F.3d 1374 (1993)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Edward Lee BAKER, aka "Eddie", Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Dwain Allen BAKER, aka "Butch", Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Richard Edward RUPLEY, Sr., aka "Dick", Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. John Lawrence BONNENFANT, aka "Pidge," "Bird", Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Katherine Jill RUPLEY, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Dwain Allen BAKER, aka "Butch", Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Robert Duane ROWEN, aka "Bobby", Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Danny Eugene RUPLEY, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Edward Lee BAKER, III, aka "Eddie", Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Robert Lee COLE, Jr., Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Dominic Alan CAVALLARO, aka "Dom", Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Richard Edward RUPLEY, Jr., aka "Richie", Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Byron Melachia WIMBERLY, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Richard E. RUPLEY, Sr., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided October 19, 1993.

As Amended December 13, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fred H. Atcheson, CJA, Arnold Brock, Jr., CJA, Kenneth Craig, CJA, N. Patrick Flanagan, CJA, Reno, NV, Fred D. Gibson, CJA, Las Vegas, NV, Loren Graham, CJA, Zephyr Cove, NV, Erik R. Johnson, CJA, David Nielsen, CJA, Carson City, NV, John Oakes, CJA, Reno, NV, Michael Powell, CJA, Gardnerville, NV, Lawrence D. Wishart, CJA, Reno, NV, for defendants-appellants.

Daniel Bogden, William M. Welch, III, L. Anthony White, Asst. U.S. Attys., Reno, NV, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before: PREGERSON, BOOCHEVER, and BEEZER, Circuit Judges.


BOOCHEVER, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from criminal convictions following one of the lengthiest and costliest trials in this nation's history. The trial lasted over 16 months, produced over 30,000 pages of transcripts, and involved over 250 witnesses and thousands of exhibits presenting evidence involving over 2,000 narcotics transactions spanning an 11-year period. Of the 24 defendants charged in the 44-count superseding indictment, 15 initially went to trial...

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