UNITED STATES v. CONTRERAS

No. 240, Docket 85-1295.

776 F.2d 51 (1985)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Victor CONTRERAS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided October 31, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Debra D. Newman, Asst. U.S. Atty., Brooklyn, N.Y. (Raymond J. Dearie, U.S. Atty., E.D.N.Y., Allyne R. Ross, Marion Bachrach, of counsel), for appellee.

Richard Ware Levitt, New York City, for defendant-appellant.

Before FRIENDLY, PIERCE and PRATT, Circuit Judges.


PIERCE, Circuit Judge:

Section 3142(e) of the Bail Reform Act of 1984, 18 U.S.C. §§ 3141 et seq. (Act), provides that a rebuttable presumption arises that no condition or combination of conditions can assure the appearance of the defendant or the safety of the community if "the judicial officer finds that there is probable cause to believe that the person committed an offense for which a maximum term of imprisonment of ten years or more is...

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