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UNITED STATES v. DICKENS

Nos. 84-1201, 84-1202.

775 F.2d 1056 (1985)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Kenny DICKENS and Melvin Lester, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided November 4, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sanford Svetcov, Asst. U.S. Atty., San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiff-appellee.

David B. Goodwin, San Francisco, Cal., for Dickens.

Richard B. Mazer, San Francisco, Cal., for Lester.

Before HUG, SCHROEDER, and HALL, Circuit Judges.

SCHROEDER, Circuit Judge.

Defendants Kenny Dickens and Melvin Lester appeal their convictions of possession of heroin with intent to distribute under 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and conspiracy to possess and distribute heroin under 21 U.S.C. § 846(a). We find prejudicial error in the district court's allowance of cross-examination directed at Lester's affiliation with an East Oakland drug ring called "the mob."

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