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UNITED STATES v. ORTIZ

No. 653, Docket 76-1460.

553 F.2d 782 (1977)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Jesus ORTIZ, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided April 11, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard S. Cramer, Asst. Federal Public Defender, Hartford, Conn., for appellant.

Thomas P. Smith, Asst. U. S. Atty., New Haven, Conn. (Peter C. Dorsey, U. S. Atty. for the District of Connecticut, New Haven, Conn.), for appellee.

Before MANSFIELD and VAN GRAAFEILAND, Circuit Judges, and OWEN, District Judge.

OWEN, District Judge.

Appellant Jesus Ortiz has been found guilty by a jury in the District of Connecticut of distributing cocaine, possessing cocaine with intent to distribute it, and conspiring to distribute.1 He was sentenced to concurrent seven year terms on each count to be followed by three years on special parole.

At the trial, the government proved that on February 9, 1976, Rafael Valentin, an undercover Connecticut State...

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