UNITED STATES v. VISERTO

Nos. 476 to 482, Dockets 78-1281 to 78-1283, 78-1305 to 78-1308.

596 F.2d 531 (1979)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Frank VISERTO, Jr., Richard Rocco, Joseph Solce, Garnet Johnson, Sarah Payne, Howard Williams and Prentiss Covington, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided March 21, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael E. Tigar, Washington, D. C., for defendants-appellants Viserto, Rocco and Solce.

Jules Sack, Brooklyn, N. Y., for defendant-appellant Payne.

Lawrence Hochheiser, New York City (Donald E. Nawi, New York City, of counsel), for defendant-appellant Covington.

Gary R. Sunden, New York City, for defendant-appellant Williams.

Richard I. Rosenkranz, Brooklyn, N. Y., for defendant-appellant Johnson.

Gavin W. Scotti, Asst. U. S. Atty., Eastern Dist. of New York, Brooklyn, N. Y. (Edward R. Korman, U. S. Atty., and Mary McGowan Davis, Asst. U. S. Atty., Eastern Dist. of New York, Brooklyn, N. Y., of counsel), for appellee.

Before FEINBERG, MULLIGAN and GURFEIN, Circuit Judges.


GURFEIN, Circuit Judge:

The several appellants in this multi-defendant case appeal from judgments of conviction (Hon. Jacob Mishler, Chief Judge) entered after a jury trial for violations of the federal narcotics laws. After full consideration of the numerous arguments raised on appeal, we find them all to be without merit. Accordingly, we affirm.

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The trial below involved ten defendants, seven of whom have appealed.1

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