U.S. v. NERSESIAN

Nos. 600, 606, 434, 601, 603, 602, 605, 435, 436, 604, 437 and 607; Dockets 86-1211, 86-1215, 86-1216, 86-1217, 86-1218, 86-1221, 86-1233, 86-1234, 86-1240, 86-1251, 86-1285 and 86-1287.

824 F.2d 1294 (1987)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Murad NERSESIAN, a/k/a "Mickey Coco," a/k/a "Mike," Elias Abdouch, a/k/a "Abu Tony," Hassan Abdul Kader Maktabi, Peter Pazienza, Abdallah Georges Machaalani, a/k/a "David," a/k/a "Davey," Hani Fraih, Antwan Abdouch, a/k/a "Tony," Ayman S. Rabadi, a/k/a "Mike," Nedam Annabi, Dennis Meade, Maysoun Annabi, and Sami Annabi, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided June 29, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard J. Levenson, New York City, for defendant-appellant Elias Abdouch.

James W. Ryan, New York City, for defendant-appellant Nedam Annabi.

George R. Mayer, Bronxville, N.Y., for defendant-appellant Murad Nersesian.

Thomas H. Nooter, New York City (Freeman, Nooter & Ginsberg, New York City, of counsel), for defendant-appellant Georges Machaalani.

Joseph P. Carrozza, Yonkers, N.Y., for defendant-appellant Peter Pazienza.

Stephen Goldenberg, New York City, for defendant-appellant Hani Fraih.

Lorin Duckman, New York City, for defendant-appellant Dennis Meade.

John P. Deveney, New York City (Kellner, Chehebar & Deveney, New York City, of counsel), for defendant-appellant Hassan Abdul Kader Maktabi.

Ramsey Clark, New York City (Lawrence W. Schilling, Weldon Brewer, New York City, of counsel), for defendant-appellant Sami Annabi.

Lawrence Farkash, New York City, for defendant-appellant Ayman S. Rabadi.

Bobbi C. Steinheim, New York City, for defendant-appellant Maysoun Annabi.

Gerald J. McMahon, New York City, for defendant-appellant Antwan Abdouch.

John M. McEnany, Asst. U.S. Atty., New York City (Rudolph W. Giuliani, U.S. Atty., S.D.N.Y., Robert L. Folks and Kenneth Roth, Asst. U.S. Attys., New York City, of counsel), for appellee.

Before FEINBERG, Chief Judge, VAN GRAAFEILAND and PIERCE, Circuit Judges.


PIERCE, Circuit Judge:

This appeal presents numerous issues — some susceptible of summary disposition, others more complex — raised by defendants, who, together with others, were charged with and convicted of participating in a large-scale conspiracy to import heroin from the Middle East and to distribute it in the United States. Some issues apply to appellants as a group, others apply only to individual appellants. We set forth so much of the factual...

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