UNITED STATES v. DiMATTEO

No. 81-6001.

716 F.2d 1361 (1983)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Richard DiMATTEO, Morris Kessler, James Suggs, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

October 11, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jay Gregory Horlick, Brooklyn, N.Y., for Kessler.

James R. Suggs, pro se.

Thomas M. Sherouse, Miami, Fla., for DiMatteo.

Stanley Marcus, U.S. Atty., Miami, Fla., Sara B. Criscitelli, Appellate Sect., Cr. Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before GODBOLD, Chief Judge, ANDERSON, Circuit Judge, and GOLDBERG, Senior Circuit Judge.


GOLDBERG, Senior Circuit Judge:

In this direct appeal from convictions for various offenses flowing out of a conspiracy to import marijuana we are called upon to evaluate two evidentiary rulings. Finding that the trial court improperly admitted extrinsic evidence to attack the credibility of a defense witness, we reverse the convictions of all three appellants and remand.

I. BACKGROUND

A. Facts

In early 1980, a DEA informant, Miller...

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