United States v. Phillip Luschen, United States of America v. Delbert Crawford

963 F.2d 381 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Phillip LUSCHEN, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Delbert CRAWFORD, Defendant-Appellant. Nos. 91-30159, 91-30215. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted May 4, 1992. Decided May 28, 1992. Before PREGERSON, TROTT and KLEINFELD, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM * I OVERVIEW 2 The Drug Enforcement Administration ("DEA") suspected Frank Palmer of trafficking in narcotics. Palmer offered to sell methamphetamine to an undercover DEA agent, and introduced the agent to the two appellants in this case, Phillip Luschen and Delbert Lee Crawford. The DEA agent agreed to provide Palmer, Luschen, and Crawford (collectively, the "defendants") with certain precursor chemicals for the manufacture of methamphetamine, and the defendants agreed to perform a "cook." As Crawford and Luschen took possession of the precursor…