U.S. v. MURPHY

Nos. 86-2116, 86-2117.

852 F.2d 1 (1988)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Noel MURPHY, a/k/a Noel O'Murchu, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Ciarin HUGHES, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

July 7, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles P. McGinty, Federal Defender Office, Boston, Mass., for appellant Noel Murphy.

Francis C. Newton, Jr., Boston, Mass., by Appointment of the Court, for appellant Ciarin Hughes.

Richard G. Stearns, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Frank L. McNamara, Jr., U.S. Atty., Boston, Mass., was on brief for appellee.

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


FUSTE, District Judge.

Defendants-appellants Noel Murphy and Ciarin Hughes were jointly convicted in the District of Massachusetts of conspiracy to export arms without a license, conspiracy to violate the domestic firearms laws, and unlawful dealing in firearms.1 The alleged errors they charge on appeal relate to the court's refusal to give an entrapment instruction, its refusal to grant judgments of acquittal on the conspiracy charges...

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