United States v. Sandra Lee Sherwood and Dana S. Sherwood

LEWIS, Chief Judge.

Defendants, together with three other persons, were jointly indicted and charged in two counts with the unlawful sale of and conspiracy to sell LSD in substantive violation of 21 U.S.C. § 331 (q) (2). The charge of conspiracy was subsequently dismissed; all defendants except the Sherwoods pleaded guilty to the substantive count and received varying sentences; the Sherwoods were convicted after trial to a jury and now appeal from the judgments and sentences urging the existence of several prejudicial trial errors and a “lack of fair play” to them through the sentencing…