UNITED STATES v. AIKEN

No. 80 CR 70 (RWS).

491 F.Supp. 37 (1980)

UNITED STATES of America v. Leonard AIKEN, a/k/a "Leon," and Benjamin Starckey, a/k/a "Skippy," Defendants.

United States District Court, S. D. New York.

May 16, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William M. Tendy, Acting U. S. Atty., S.D.N.Y., New York City, by Scott W. Muller, Raymond A. Levites, Asst. U. S. Attys., New York City, for plaintiff.

Jay Goldberg, P. C., New York City, for Leon Aiken.

Nathan H. Mitchell, New York City, for Benjamin Starckey.


OPINION

SWEET, District Judge.

The defendants have moved this court to hold a pre-trial hearing on the issue of the suggestiveness of the technique used by the Government to identify the voices in certain taped conversations. A Government informant, David Reeves, recorded the conversations, but, due to his murder, is unavailable to identify one of the voices on the tapes as that of Aiken. According to the Government's representation, the tapes will be identified...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases