United States v. Santillo

OPINION OF THE COURT

FORMAN, Circuit Judge.

Appellant Ronald F. Buchert and several co-defendants were indicted on three counts in the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. Having waived his right to trial by jury, appellant was tried to the court and convicted on the second and third counts1 of the indictment which charged (1) the unlawful distribution of methamphetamine on September 1, 1973 and (2) the possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute it on September 28, 1973, both violations of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)2 and 18 U.S.C. § 2.3 In each of these…