UNITED STATES v. FIGUEROA

Nos. 244 to 246, Dockets 79-1188 to 79-1190.

618 F.2d 934 (1980)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Jose FIGUEROA, Angel Lebron, and Ralph Acosta, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided February 26, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven L. Barrett, New York City (Federal Defender Services Unit, on brief), for appellant Lebron.

Kenneth J. Kaplan, New York City (Robert F. Katzberg, Kaplan & Katzberg, New York City, on the brief), for appellant Acosta.

Frank Ortiz, Brooklyn, N. Y., on brief, for appellant Figueroa.

Reena Raggi, Asst. U. S. Atty., Brooklyn, N. Y. (Edward R. Korman, U. S. Atty., Mary McGowan Davis, Asst. U. S. Atty., Brooklyn, N. Y., on brief), for appellee.

Before MOORE, OAKES, and NEWMAN, Circuit Judges.


NEWMAN, Circuit Judge:

This criminal appeal concerns primarily the admissibility of prior crime evidence in a multi-defendant trial. Jose Figueroa, Angel Lebron, and Ralph Acosta were convicted after a two-day trial in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Thomas C. Platt, Jr., Judge) upon jury verdicts finding them guilty of conspiracy to possess and distribute heroin in violation of 21 U...

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