779 F2d 538 United States v. Stewart  779 F.2d 538  UNITED
STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, Richard STEWART,
Defendant-Appellant.  No. 85-1070.  United States Court of
Appeals, Ninth Circuit.  Argued and Submitted Nov. 15, 1985.
Decided Dec. 27, 1985.   John F. Garland, Asst. Fed. Defender,
Fresno, Cal., for defendant-appellant.   Before SNEED, KENNEDY,
and BOOCHEVER, Circuit Judges.  KENNEDY, Circuit Judge:
Appellant Richard Stewart was convicted by a federal jury on
fourteen counts of an indictment arising from the operation of
an illegal drug manufacturing and distribution network in
Fresno, California. There are but two issues on appeal. The
first pertains to the jury instructions given on a single count
for carrying firearms during the commission of a felony in
violation of 18 U.S.C. Sec. 924(c)(2) (1982), as to which we
reverse. The second issue is whether a life sentence without
possibility of parole was properly imposed under the Continuing
Criminal Enterprise statute, 21 U.S.C. Sec. 848. The