UNITED STATES v. MANKANI

Nos. 878, 860-862 and 881, Dockets 83-1303, 83-1327, 83-1331, 83-1372 and 83-1374.

738 F.2d 538 (1984)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Mohan MANKANI, Kenneth R. Norris, Joseph Fortin, Peter Christopher MacFarlane, Sally Edith, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided June 20, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur P. Anderson, Burlington, Vt. (Philip D. Saxer, Saxer, Anderson & Wolinsky, Burlington, Vt., of counsel), for defendant-appellant Mankani.

Nancy Gertner, Boston, Mass. (Judith H. Mizner, Silverglate, Gertner, Baker & Fine, Boston, Mass., of counsel), for defendants-appellants Norris and MacFarlane.

Jeffrey B. Meller, Burlington, Vt., for defendant-appellant Edith.

William K. Sessions III, Sessions, Keiner & Dumont, Middlebury, Vt., on brief for defendant-appellant Fortin.

Peter W. Hall, Asst. U.S. Atty., D.Vt, Rutland, Vt. (George W. F. Cook, U.S. Atty., D.Vt., Holly K. Harris and Sheila M. Ware, Asst. U.S. Attys., D.Vt., Rutland, Vt., of counsel), for plaintiff-appellee.

Before FEINBERG, Chief Judge, and MANSFIELD and CARDAMONE, Circuit Judges.


CARDAMONE, Circuit Judge:

This appeal arises from charges leveled against nine persons as a result of a seizure of nearly two tons of hashish from a barn in an isolated, rural area of Vermont. All nine were charged by indictments filed in the United States District Court for the District of Vermont in late 1982 with conspiracy to import and export hashish in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 963 (Count 1) and conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute...

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