United States v. Juan Ramon Hernandez, United States of America v. Jesus Antonio Gastelum, Charged as Raymond Sepulveda Mendoza, United States of America v. Jorge Mejia, United States of America v. Javier Gomez

608 F.2d 741 UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Juan Ramon HERNANDEZ, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jesus Antonio GASTELUM, charged as Raymond Sepulveda Mendoza, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jorge MEJIA, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Javier GOMEZ, Defendant-Appellant. Nos. 77-3648, 77-3649, 77-3864 and 77-3865. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Oct. 12, 1979. Rehearing Denied in No. 77-3648 Dec. 12, 1979. Barry Tarlow (argued), Carson Taylor (argued), Taylor, Roth & Grant, Rudolph A. Diaz (argued), Richard Fannan (argued), Eric Multhaup, Los Angeles, for defendants-appellants. Andrea Sheridan Ondin, U. S. Atty. (argued), Mark O. Heany, Asst. U. S. Atty. (argued), Los Angeles, Cal., for the U. S. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Before ELY and WALLACE, Circuit Judges, and FOLEY, * District Judge. ELY, Circuit Judge: 1 Appellants, along with two other individuals, were convicted by a jury on charges of having engaged in a heroin distribution scheme. 1 Appellants now raise several…