United States v. Charles King, United States of America v. Manuel Rodriguez, United States of America v. Robert Butler, United States of America v. Ted Dean Butler, United States of America v. Vincent Arias

472 F.2d 1 UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Charles KING, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Manuel RODRIGUEZ, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Robert BUTLER, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ted Dean BUTLER, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Vincent ARIAS, Defendant-Appellant. Nos. 71-1256, 71-1088, 71-1029 to 71-1031. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Aug. 24, 1972. As Amended on Denial of Rehearing Feb. 7, 1973. Morris Lavine (argued), Norman J. Kaplan (argued), Barry Tarlow (argued), Eli Blumenfeld (argued), Los Angeles, Cal., for defendants-appellants. Irving Prager, Asst. U. S. Atty. (argued), George G. Rayborn, David R. Nissen, Asst. U. S. Attys., Robert Meyer, U. S. Atty., Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiff-appellee. Before BARNES, ELY and WALLACE, Circuit Judges. WALLACE, Circuit Judge: 1 Appellants Robert Butler and Ted Dean Butler (unrelated) were charged both with conspiracy to possess for sale and to sell dangerous drugs (amphetamine tablets and barbiturate capsules) in violation of 21 U.S.C. Sec.…