The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Evans, 962 F.2d 15 (9th Cir. 1992):
Twelve of the 23 defendants pleaded guilty before trial. The jury found defendant Evans guilty, and he was sentenced to 20 years incarceration as to each of the two counts, to run consecutively. This court affirmed his conviction in United States v. Yarbrough, 852 F.2d 1522 (9th Cir.), cert. denied, 488 U.S. 866 (1988).
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