UNITED STATES v. SILVESTRI

Nos. 84-1673, 84-1674, 84-1685 to 84-1688, 84-1762 and 84-1870.

790 F.2d 186 (1986)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. Frederick SILVESTRI, Jr., Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. Jerry ZULLO, Sr., Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. Joseph MARSHALL, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. John CASSIDY, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. Edward WALSH, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. Theodore O. SETTERLUND, III, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. John E. ZULLO, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. Richard J. HEPPENSTALL, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided May 7, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis K. Morris, with whom Morris & Collins, Framingham, Mass., was on brief, for defendant, appellant Frederick Silvestri, Jr.

Albert F. Cullen, Jr., Robert V. Carr, with whom Cullen & Wall, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for defendants, appellants Jerry Zullo, Sr. and John E. Zullo.

Willie J. Davis, Boston, Mass., was on brief, for defendant, appellant Joseph Marshall.

Daniel J. O'Connell, III, Boston, Mass., was on brief, for defendant, appellant John Cassidy.

Steven A. Sussman, Boston, Mass., was on brief, for defendant, appellant Edward Walsh.

Charles E. Chase, Boston, Mass., was on brief, for defendant, appellant Theodore O. Setterlund, III.

Ellen Wade, Boston, Mass., was on brief, for defendant, appellant Richard J. Heppenstall.

Mervyn Hamburg, Asst. U.S. Atty., Washington, D.C., with whom William F. Weld, U.S. Atty., Boston, Mass., was on brief, for plaintiff, appellee.

Before COFFIN, BREYER and TORRUELLA, Circuit Judges.


TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.

Appellants Frederick Silvestri, Jr., Jerry Zullo, Sr., Joseph Marshall, John Cassidy, Edward Walsh, Theodore O. Setterlund, III, John E. Zullo and Richard J. Heppenstall appeal from jury convictions on narcotics charges. They raise numerous claims challenging the legality of their convictions. We reject these claims, and affirm the judgment of the district court.1

I. Appellant Silvestri

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