UNITED STATES v. SPERLING

No. 213, Docket 83-1164.

726 F.2d 69 (1984)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Nicholas SPERLING, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided January 20, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roger Bennet Adler, New York City (Robert Blossner, Deborah A. Schwartz, New York City, of counsel), for defendant-appellant.

Rhea Neugarten, Asst. U.S. Atty., S.D.N.Y., New York City (Rudolph W. Giuliani, U.S. Atty., S.D.N.Y., Benito Romano, John M. McEnany, Peter Romatowski, Asst. U.S. Attys., S.D.N.Y., New York City, of counsel), for appellee.

Before FRIENDLY, VAN GRAAFEILAND and MESKILL, Circuit Judges.


MESKILL, Circuit Judge:

Nicholas Sperling appeals his conviction for distribution of and possession with intent to distribute heroin under 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) (1982) and for conspiracy to commit the substantive offense under 21 U.S.C. § 846 (1982). We affirm.

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