United States v. Oliver Alvin Trigg, United States of America v. James Edward Cottle, United States of America v. James Edward Cottle, United States of America v. Oliver Alvin Trigg

988 F.2d 1008 119 A.L.R.Fed. 813 UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Oliver Alvin TRIGG, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James Edward COTTLE, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James Edward COTTLE, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Oliver Alvin TRIGG, Defendant-Appellant. Nos. 91-50034, 91-50068, 91-50245, 91-50264. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Nov. 2, 1992. Decided March 24, 1993. As Amended June 21, 1993. Donald C. Randolph, Randolph & Levanas, Santa Monica, CA, for defendant-appellant Trigg. Peter Robinson, Santa Rosa, CA, for defendant-appellant Cottle. Maurice A. Leiter, Sp. Asst. U.S. Atty., Los Angeles, CA, for plaintiff-appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Before: WALLACE, Chief Judge, TROTT and T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judges. WALLACE, Chief Judge: 1 Following their convictions for conspiracy, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371 , and making false statements to an agency of the United States, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1001 , Trigg (who was also…