UNITED STATES v. BALZANO

No. 81-1822.

687 F.2d 6 (1982)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Anthony T. BALZANO, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided August 27, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony R. Berretto, Bristol, R. I., on brief for defendant, appellant.

James E. O'Neil, Asst. U. S. Atty., and Lincoln C. Almond, U. S. Atty., Providence, R. I., on motion for summary disposition for appellee.

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


PER CURIAM.

Anthony Balzano appeals from his conviction on two counts for the sale of "slugs" in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 491(b), 2. He argues that his conviction should be reversed because the district court permitted the government to play for the jury a copy of a tape, containing statements appellant made to an undercover agent, rather than the original tape.

The original tape was recorded on a Nigra tape recorder which was strapped to the undercover...

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