Legal Opinion
United States v. Dennis Chan Lai, United States of America v. Silas Brandon
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 17, 1991No. 88-1279, 88-1334PublishedCited by 83 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHOY, Circuit Judge:
Appellants Dennis Lai and Silas Brandon appeal from their convictions on numerous drug charges. We find most of their claims meritless. However, we remand to the district court for it to conduct an evi-dentiary hearing on whether certain alleged drug records were admissible into evidence. If after the hearing Lai’s conviction and sentence for the crime of directing a continuing criminal enterprise stands, the district court is also instructed to vacate Lai’s conviction and sentence for conspiring to distribute cocaine as an improper cumulative sentence.
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