United States v. Chan Walker Zielie, Keith H. Gustafson, Thomas David Wilkerson, Robert Walter Govern, and Leon D. Mausser

FAY, Circuit Judge:

This case involves a group of individuals who associated together to profit from a large marijuana distribution network. Thirteen defendants, including the five appellants, were originally charged in an eighteen-count indictment. 1 Following a jury trial appellants were convicted of conspiring to violate and violating the racketeering statutes, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1961, 1962(a), (c) and (d), and 1963 (1980); the Travel Act, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1952(a)(3) and 2 (1980); the federal drug laws, 21 U.S.C. 841(a)(1) and 846 (1980) and 18 U.S.C. § 2 (1980); and the personal income tax laws, 18…