UNITED STATES v. SMITH

Nos. 82-1678 to 82-1687, 82-1689 to 82-1691, 82-1732, 83-1613 and 83-1686.

726 F.2d 852 (1984)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Claudius SMITH, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Franklin A. SHEARER, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Jessie WOODBURY, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Charles ROMANO, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Carlos TORRES, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Veronica DeJESUS, a/k/a Ronnie, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Edward GABREE, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Joanne AMADO, a/k/a "JO", Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Fay HULLUM, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Kathy AMADO, a/k/a "Kim", Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Clarence VARISTE, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Lanier GRIFFIN, a/k/a "Jitters", Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Rhonda WASHINGTON, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Edward DeJESUS, a/k/a "Tony", Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. Norman AMADO, Defendant, Appellee. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Mattie LEDBETTER, a/k/a "Theresa", Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

January 17, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James W. Lawson, Boston, Mass., with whom Lillian A. Wilmore, Oteri, Weinberg & Lawson, Walter Prince, Brown & Prince, William Homans, Homans, Hamilton, Dohmen & Marshall, David P. Twomey, Dwyer & Murray, Boston, Mass., Brian T. Callahan, Medford, Mass., John Bonistalli, Carhart & Bonistalli, George Gormley, Alice A. Hanlon, Richard Glovsky, Hanify, King & Glovsky, Alan D. Rose, Joseph Keefe, Nutter, McClennen & Fish, William Shaw McDermott, McDermott & Rizzo, Frances Robinson, David & Baker, Law Offices of Willie J. Davis, Boston, Mass., and John Cicilline, Providence, R.I., were on brief, for Edward Gabree, et al.

Andrew Good, Boston, Mass., by appointment of the Court, for Lanier Griffin, a/k/a "Jitters".

John B. Lawlor, Jr., Boston, Mass., with whom Moos & Lawlor, Boston, Mass., was on brief, for Norman Amado.

Jacob Laufer, New York City, with whom Bornstein & Laufer, New York City, was on brief, for Charles Romano.

Michael J. Liston, Boston, Mass., and Palmer & Dodge, Boston, Mass., on brief, for Mattie Ledbetter, a/k/a "Theresa".

Tobin N. Harvey and Dennis J. Kelly, Asst. U.S. Attys., Boston, Mass., with whom William F. Weld, U.S. Atty., Boston, Mass., Robert S. Mueller, Asst. U.S. Atty., Chief, Crim. Div., and E. Sydney Hanlon, Asst. U.S. Atty., San Francisco, Cal., were on brief, for the U.S.A.

Paula J. DeGiacomo, Asst. Atty. Gen., Boston, Mass., with whom Francis X. Bellotti, Atty. Gen., Frederick W. Riley, Chief, Crim. Bureau, and Barbara A.H. Smith, Chief, Crim. Appellate Div., Boston, Mass., were on brief, for intervenor Attorney General.

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


OPINION EN BANC

COFFIN, Circuit Judge.

These multiple appeals from drug conspiracy convictions resulted in reversals by a panel of our court, which found that a section of the Massachusetts wiretap statute, Mass.Gen.Laws Ann. ch. 272, § 99 F(1), identifying officials empowered to apply for wiretap warrants, afforded less procedural protection than did the comparable section of the federal statute, 18 U.S.C. § 2516(2). A petition for rehearing en...

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