UNITED STATES v. POETA

No. 322, Docket 71-1682.

455 F.2d 117 (1972)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Eduardo POETA, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided January 24, 1972.

Certiorari Denied May 22, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward R. Korman and Raymond J. Dearie, Asst. U.S. Attys. (Robert A. Morse, U.S. Atty., for Eastern District of New York and David G. Trager, Asst. U.S. Atty., on the brief), for appellee.

Patrick M. Wall, New York City, for appellant.

Before LUMBARD, WATERMAN and FEINBERG, Circuit Judges.


Certiorari Denied May 22, 1972. See 92 S.Ct. 2041.

LUMBARD, Circuit Judge:

Eduardo Poeta, found to be a central participant in an international heroin smuggling operation, appeals from a judgment of March 19, 1971 in the Eastern District sentencing him to imprisonment for 40 years and fines totalling $300,000,1 following his conviction by a jury on 14 counts of illegally importing and distributing heroin in the United States, 21...

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