United States v. Roland Schuster

PHILLIPS, Senior Circuit Judge.

Defendant Roland Schuster appeals his conviction for engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 848. Defendant argues that the conviction, imposed by the jury after he had pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy to import and distribute marijuana in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 963 and 846, violated his fifth amendment right against double jeopardy. Defendant also challenges the district court’s instructions permitting the jury to consider defendant’s guilty pleas to the two conspiracy counts in determining whether he was guilty of…