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UNITED STATES v. MONAHAN

No. 80-1059.

633 F.2d 984 (1980)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. David MONAHAN, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided November 21, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank G. Kelleher, Boston, Mass., on brief, for appellant.

Robert B. Collings, First Asst. U.S. Atty., Chief, Criminal Division, Boston, Mass., with whom Edward F. Harrington, U.S. Atty., Boston, Mass., was on brief, for appellee.

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

PER CURIAM.

David Monahan appeals from a cocaine conviction under 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & 846. He claims that the district court improperly admitted evidence of his prior conviction for obstructing justice, which resulted from his threat of unspecified harm to a key witness should the witness testify in the cocaine case.* The court stated that the evidence was admitted to show consciousness of guilt rather than propensity...

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