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U.S. v. TORRES

No. S 87 Cr. 593 (JMW).

699 F.Supp. 419 (1988)

UNITED STATES of America, v. Victor TORRES, a/k/a "Victor Torres Lebron," Jorge Torres, a/k/a "Jorge Torres Lebron," Nelson Flores, Ray Coffie, a/k/a "Meno," Dennis Rivera, Reginald Velez, a/k/a "Reggie," et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

September 23, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald Shargel, New York City, for Victor Torres.

Eli Cohen, Robert I. Lesser, New York City, for Ray Coffie.

Helen Gredd, Catherine Gallo, Asst. U.S. Attys., for the Government.

Gary Becker, Gerald Lefcourt, New York City, for Nelson Flores.

Thomas Nooter, Freeman, Nooter & Ginsberg, New York City, for Reginald Velez.

William Mogulescu, Lewinson Mogulescu & Kaplan, New York City, for Efrain Arcelay.

Robert Ellis, New York City, for Jesus Santiago.

Thomas White, New York City, for Louis Rivera.

Michael Ross, LaRossa, Mitchell & Ross, New York City, for Jorge Torres.

Michelle Jacobs, New York City, for Fernando Padron.

Zoilo P. Silva, College Point, N.Y., for Dennis Rivera.

Maurice Sercarz, Sercarz, Schecter & Lopez, Brooklyn, N.Y., for Natalie Vazquez.

Jack Lipson, New York City, for Rosa Flores.

Roger Adler, New York City, for Pedro Cruz.

Benicio Sanchez, Puerto Rico, for George & Victor Torres.

AMENDED OPINION

WALKER, District Judge:

This narcotics case was tried to a jury over 33 trial days and resulted in guilty verdicts on July 6, 1988, as to 12 defendants. Before the Court are post-trial motions of six defendants: Victor Torres, Jorge Torres, Nelson Flores, Ray Coffie, Dennis Rivera, and Reginald Velez. For the reasons stated below, all the motions are denied.

The motions may be divided into two categories. First, in what the Court...

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