United States v. Solano

605 F.2d 1141 UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. William Joseph SOLANO, Jr., Bobby Vernon England, Winston Bryant McConney, Raymond Delbert Witt, Alan David Passaro, Sharon Barger, Ralph Hubert Barger, Jr., John Palomar, Donald Duane Smith, Bert S. Stefanson, James Dewey Witt, Defendants-Appellants. Nos. 79-1596 to 79-1599 and 79-1603 to 79-1609. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Oct. 5, 1979. As Amended Oct. 19, 1979. Gilbert Eisenberg, Filippelli & Eisenberg, Kent A. Russell, San Francisco, Cal., Richard E. Hove, Sullivan, Nakahara, Du Bois and Hove, Oakland, Cal., for defendants-appellants. Sanford Svetcov, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiff-appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Before WALLACE, KENNEDY and TANG, Circuit Judges. TANG, Circuit Judge. 1 These consolidated appeals are brought by eleven defendants who have been jointly indicted. The appellants have been charged with various violations of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) provisions of the Organized Crime Control Act of 1970, 18 U.S.C. § 1962 (a)-(d). In addition, certain appellants face federal drug…