United States v. Philip Chris Radlick, United States of America v. George Henry Willers

CHAMBERS, District Judge:

Appellants were convicted, after jury trial, of conspiracy to manufacture phencycli-dine (PCP) in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) and 846.

In December, 1975, California narcotics agents were alerted by officials of & San Luis Obispo chemical company tliat appellant Radlick had telephoned to/place an order for 510 kilograms (about 1420 pounds) of piperidine, a precursor ou PCP. The officials had known Radlick when he was a chemistry professor at a California university and they knew that he had resigned that post to take a position with a large pharmaceutical firm…