UNITED STATES v. TALAVERA

Nos. 80-1481, 80-1486.

668 F.2d 625 (1982)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Ramon Eli Barreto TALAVERA, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Tomas Reyes PENA, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided January 14, 1982.

Certiorari Denied May 17, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott Kalisch, San Juan, P. R., for appellant Ramon Eli Barreto Talavera.

Harry Anduze Montano, Santurce, P. R., for appellant Tomas Reyes Pena.

Carolyn L. Gaines, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., with whom Raymond L. Acosta, U. S. Atty., San Juan, P. R., was on brief, for appellee.

Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge, and WYZANSKI, Senior District Judge.


Certiorari Denied May 17, 1982. See 102 S.Ct. 2245.

COFFIN, Chief Judge.

This case raises a series of issues concerning the joint trial of two defendants for their roles in cocaine transactions in late July, 1979. After reviewing each of the defendants' arguments, we are persuaded that the convictions should be affirmed.

The evidence at trial consisted largely of the testimony of paid informant Carmen Vega Collazo, the testimony of Drug Enforcement...

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