U.S. v. TUSSA

Nos. 1298, 1344, 1348 and 1299, Dockets 85-1474, 86-1058, 86-1079 and 86-1101.

816 F.2d 58 (1987)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Pietro TUSSA, Rajan Patiwana, Pietro Amato, and Paolo Zummo, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided April 6, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joan M. Azrack, Asst. U.S. Atty., Brooklyn, N.Y. (Reena Raggi, U.S. Atty., E.D.N.Y., Allyne R. Ross, Jane Simkin Smith, Asst. U.S. Attys., Brooklyn, N.Y., of counsel), for appellee.

Raphael F. Scotto, Brooklyn, N.Y., for defendant-appellant Pietro Tussa.

Nathan Z. Dershowitz, New York City (Victoria Eiger, Dershowitz & Eiger, New York City, and Alan M. Dershowitz, Cambridge, Mass., of counsel), for defendant-appellant Rajan Patiwana.

Russell J. Carbone, Queens, N.Y., for defendant-appellant Pietro Amato.

Robert F. Katzberg, New York City (Kaplan & Katzberg, New York City, of counsel), for defendant-appellant Paolo Zummo.

Before NEWMAN, PIERCE and MINER, Circuit Judges.


PIERCE, Circuit Judge:

These appeals are from judgments of conviction entered after a jury trial in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, Herbert N. Maletz, Judge.1 The appellants were convicted of possession of heroin with intent to distribute, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) (1982), and conspiracy to possess heroin with intent to distribute, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846 (1982...

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