UNITED STATES v. ALMONTE

Nos. 77-1539, 77-1540.

594 F.2d 261 (1979)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. Robert ALMONTE, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. Michael P. RICAPITO, Joseph F. Corrigan, Jr., Defendants, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided February 21, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Bevilacqua, Providence, R.I., for Robert Almonte, defendant, appellant.

Charles J. Rogers, Jr., Alton W. Wiley, Providence, R.I., and William M. Kunstler, New York City, with whom Jacob R. Evseroff, Brooklyn, N.Y., was on brief, for Michael P. Ricapito and Joseph F. Corrigan, Jr., defendants, appellants.

Edwin J. Gale, Sp. Atty., Dept. of Justice, Providence, R.I., with whom Paul F. Murray, U.S. Atty., Providence, R.I., and Gerald E. McDowell, Sp. Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., were on brief, for plaintiff, appellee.

Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, CAMPBELL and BOWNES, Circuit Judges.


COFFIN, Chief Judge.

Appellants were convicted of fraudulent possession and sale of counterfeit Federal Reserve Notes and of conspiracy. On appeal, some or all of the appellants challenge the sufficiency of the government's affidavit supporting its application for a wiretap, alleged multiplicity in the conspiracy count, the trial court's refusal to reread large amounts of testimony to the jury, and raise the spectre of prejudicial influences on jurors. We affirm....

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