U.S. v. LYNN

No. 87-2114.

856 F.2d 430 (1988)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Steven LYNN, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided September 13, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Genego, University of Southern California Law Center, Los Angeles, Cal., with whom C. Leonard O'Brien, Providence, R.I., was on brief for appellant.

Kenneth P. Madden, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Lincoln C. Almond, U.S. Atty., Providence, R.I., was on brief, for appellee.

Before BREYER and TORRUELLA, Circuit Judges, and FUSTE, District Judge.


FUSTE, District Judge.

Appellant Steven Lynn was convicted of conspiring to import and to possess with the intent to distribute marijuana and hashish, and of importation and possession of marijuana, in violation of 21 U.S.C. secs. 841(a)(1), 846, 952(a)(1), and 963. On appeal, Lynn alleges several reversible errors. For the reasons that follow, we reverse Lynn's conviction and remand his case for a new trial.

I.

Lynn, tried in the fall of 1985, was...

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