Legal Opinion
United States v. Richard Stewart
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided December 27, 1985No. 85-1070PublishedCited by 212 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KENNEDY, Circuit Judge:
Appellant Richard Stewart was convicted by a federal jury on fourteen counts of an indictment arising from the operation of an illegal drug manufacturing and distribution network in Fresno, California. There are but two issues on appeal. The first pertains to the jury instructions given on a single count for carrying firearms during the commission of a felony in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(2) (1982), as to which we reverse. The second issue is whether a life sentence without possibility of parole was properly imposed under the Continuing Criminal Enterprise statute,…
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