UNITED STATES v. COTE

No. 1548, Docket 84-1059.

744 F.2d 913 (1984)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Roger P. COTE, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided September 18, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas G. Dennis, Federal Public Defender, Hartford, Conn., for defendant-appellant.

Charles Dearborn, Law Student Intern, D. Conn. (Alan H. Nevas, U.S. Atty. for the D. Conn., Harold James Pickerstein, Chief Asst. U.S. Atty., William I. Shockley, Asst. U.S. Atty., New Haven, Conn., of counsel), for appellee.

Before VAN GRAAFEILAND and WINTER, Circuit Judges, and BARTELS, District Judge.


WINTER, Circuit Judge.

Roger P. Cote appeals from his conviction by a jury on two counts of transporting stolen firearms, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(i), and one count of conspiracy to transport stolen firearms, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371. The issue in this case arises from the exposure of the jury to highly prejudicial evidence admitted upon the government's representation that it would later be connected to defendant. Because no such connection...

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