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UNITED STATES v. ESCOBAR

No. 34, Docket 86-1207.

805 F.2d 68 (1986)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Severo ESCOBAR, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided November 7, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce Green, Asst. U.S. Atty., New York City (Rudolph W. Giuliani, U.S. Atty. S.D.N.Y., Deborah J. Stavile, Stuart E. Abrams, Asst. U.S. Attys., New York City, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellee.

Paul E. Warburgh, Jr., New York City (Axelrod & Warburgh, New York City, of counsel), for defendant-appellant.

Before LUMBARD, OAKES, and MINER, Circuit Judges.

LUMBARD, Circuit Judge:

On January 23, 1984, Severo Escobar and twelve others were indicted for violations of the federal narcotics laws. As Escobar fled to Colombia before trial, he was tried in absentia before Judge Morris E. Lasker and a jury in the Southern District. On July 18, 1984, the jury convicted Escobar of one count of distributing cocaine, and one count of conspiring to distribute cocaine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and § 846...

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