U.S. v. SERNA

Nos. 1202, 1223, Docket 86-1003, 86-1008.

799 F.2d 842 (1986)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Jorge SERNA and Steven John Cinnante, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided August 25, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence M. Malman, P.A., Coral Gables, Fla. (Stephen Golembe, Mishkin & Golembe, Miami, Fla., of counsel), for appellant Jorge Serna.

Paul J. Cambria, Jr., Buffalo, N.Y. (Mary Good, Lipsitz, Green, Fahringer, Roll, Schuller & James, of counsel), for appellant Steven John Cinnante.

Ephraim Savitt, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Reena Raggi, U.S. Atty., E.D. of New York, Allyne R. Ross, Asst. U.S. Atty., of counsel), for appellee.

Before FEINBERG, Chief Judge, and LUMBARD, and OAKES, Circuit Judges.


OAKES, Circuit Judge.

Appellants Jorge Serna and Steven John Cinnante appeal their convictions following a jury trial in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, Thomas C. Platt, Jr., Judge, in connection with the importation into the United States from Colombia of 4,920 pounds of marijuana in March of 1984 and the distribution of cocaine. Count One of the indictment charged Serna and Cinnante with conspiring to import, possess, and distribute...

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