United States v. Gerald Eiland

Opinion for the Court by Circuit Judge BROWN.

BROWN, Circuit Judge.

Appellants, Gerald Eiland and Frederick Miller, were convicted of various nareotics-related offenses. The government’s evidence at trial showed that Eiland and Miller organized an extensive drug ring in the Washington, D.C. area that had ties across the country. After almost a year and a half of investigation including numerous wiretaps, the government indicted twenty-one defendants. Many of the defendants pled guilty. The government brought the remaining defendants to trial in two groups. This appeal results from the second of…