UNITED STATES v. MARTINEZ-TORRES

No. SSS 82 CR. 489 (CBM).

556 F.Supp. 1255 (1983)

UNITED STATES of America v. Jose MARTINEZ-TORRES, et al., Defendants.

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

January 11, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John S. Martin, Jr., U.S. Atty. by James R. DeVita, Marc J. Gottridge, Asst. U.S. Attys., New York City, for U.S.

Goldberger, Feldman, Dubin & Weisenfeld, P.C. by Paul A. Goldberger and J. Jeffrey Weisenfeld, New York City, for defendants Martinez-Torres and Alamo.

Irving Cohen, New York City, for defendant Molina-Santiago.

Perlmutter & Muraskin by Hermena Perlmutter, New York City, for defendant Calvente.

Philip Edelbaum, New York City, for defendant Soto.

Michael P. Stokamer, New York City, for defendant Santiago-Colon.


OPINION

MOTLEY, Chief Judge.

This opinion responds to challenges raised to jury instructions. The trial involved multiple defendants charged with multiple narcotics and firearms violations. Since this court refused to amend its instructions as requested, this opinion now sets forth the reasons underlying the court's refusal, particularly as to the exceptions raised by defendant Martinez-Torres (Torres).

Torres raised several exceptions to the court...

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