U.S. v. HERMANEK

Nos. 99-10092, 99-10137, 99-10142, 99-10143, 99-10146 and 99-10197.

289 F.3d 1076 (2002)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Robert HERMANEK, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Robert Rutherford, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant, v. Anthony Flowers, Defendant-Appellant-Cross-Appellee. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Sheldon Johnson, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jerry Fiorillo, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed May 15, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Douglas Wilson, Assistant United States Attorney, Chief, Appellate Division, Oakland, CA, for plaintiff-appellee United States of America.

Dennis P. Riordan, Donald M. Horgan and Dylan L. Schaffer, San Francisco, CA, for defendant-appellant Robert Hermanek.

Katherine Alfieri, San Francisco, CA, for defendant-appellant Robert Rutherford.

Walter K. Pyle, Berkeley, CA, for defendant-appellant Sheldon Johnson.

Amitai Schwartz, Berkeley, CA, for defendant-appellant Anthony Flowers.

Alan Dressler, San Francisco, CA, for defendant-appellant Jerry Fiorillo.

Before: POLITZ, W. FLETCHER and FISHER, Circuit Judges.


FISHER, Circuit Judge.

I. Overview

Appellants Robert Hermanek, Robert Rutherford, Anthony Flowers, Sheldon Johnson and Jerry Fiorillo were charged with conspiring to distribute cocaine, possessing cocaine with intent to distribute and related offenses. See 21 U.S.C. §§ 846, 841(a)(1). The government alleged that Flowers was at the center of a large-scale cocaine trafficking organization, that Fiorillo and Hermanek were Flowers' suppliers...

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