United States v. Raymond Brown and Steven Liley

STEPHENSON, Circuit Judge.

Appellant defendants, Raymond Brown and Steven Liley, bring this appeal from their conviction upon verdicts of guilty after trial by jury of the offenses of selling depressant and stimulant drugs in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 331(q) (2), and selling narcotic drugs not being in pursuance of a written order of the purchaser on a form issued for the purpose by the Treasury, in violation of 26 U.S.C. § 4705(a). Defendant Brown was sentenced to imprisonment for twelve years on the narcotic charge and five years on each of three depressant and stimulant drug charges, the…