United States v. Hector Benjamin Barrera-Moreno and Eugene Benjamin Herndon, United States of America v. William Joseph Kunkel, United States of America v. Daniel Ruiz, Jr.

951 F.2d 1089 UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Hector Benjamin BARRERA-MORENO and Eugene Benjamin Herndon, Defendants-Appellees. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. William Joseph KUNKEL, Defendant-Appellee. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Daniel RUIZ, Jr., Defendant-Appellee. Nos. 90-10330, 90-10357, 90-10393. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Sept. 10, 1991. Decided Dec. 17, 1991. 1 Joseph Douglas Wilson, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C.; Jerry R. Albert, Asst. U.S. Atty., Tucson, Ariz., for plaintiff-appellant. 2 Sean Bruner, Ralls & Bruner, Tucson, Ariz., for defendant-appellee Barrera-Moreno. 3 Richard B. Jones, Tucson, Ariz., for defendant-appellee Herndon. 4 John G. Bogart, Tucson, Ariz., for defendant-appellee Kunkel. 5 Anthony P. Brooklier, Beverly Hills, Cal., for defendant-appellee Ruiz. 6 Appeals from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona. 7 Before CANBY and KOZINSKI, Circuit Judges, and NIELSEN, District Judge. * NIELSEN, District Judge: 8 In each of these cases, the government appeals from the judgment dismissing the indictments on drug charges against…