U.S. v. VANWORT

Nos. 942-945, Docket 88-1221 to 88-1223 and 88-1227.

887 F.2d 375 (1989)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Aart VANWORT, Walter Cabral, Jeanmarie Chapoteau, Vincent Cicali, Michael Crown, Alexander Donchenko, Bruce Duignan, Daniel Dymenstein-Kremer, Richard Keim, Richard Hopkins, Temistocles Moura-Torres, Claudio Petenucci, Gessi Prado, Henrique Rajas, Anthony Ruotolo, Sergio Stofel-DeCastro, Nahid Tabibi, Christianus Vanwort, Eduardo Varitzo, Michael Zacharias, Pedro DaSilva, Alfred Donchenko, Alexander Fontanelle, Steven M. Finn, Defendants. Appeal of Jeanmarie CHAPOTEAU, Michael Crown, Pedro DaSilva, Steven M. Finn, Bruce Duignan, Vincent Cicali, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided September 26, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Erica Horwitz, New York City, for Chapoteau.

Anthony J. Falanga, Carle Place, N.Y., for Crown.

Brian W. Wice, Houston, Tex. (Don Ervin, Houston, Tex., of counsel), for DaSilva.

Joseph J. Balliro, Boston, Mass. (Balliro, Mondano & Balliro, Boston, Mass., of counsel), for Finn.

Nicholas M. De Feis, Asst. U.S. Atty., E.D.N.Y., Brooklyn, N.Y. (Andrew J. Maloney, U.S. Atty., E.D.N.Y., David C. James, Asst. U.S. Atty., E.D.N.Y., Brooklyn, N.Y., of counsel), for appellee.

Before OAKES, Chief Judge, and WISDOM and MESKILL, Circuit Judges.


MESKILL, Circuit Judge:

Jeanmarie Chapoteau, Michael Crown, Pedro DaSilva and Steven M. Finn appeal from judgments of conviction entered in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, Dearie, J., following a narcotics trial.1

Chapoteau was convicted of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 846, 841(b)(1)(A)(ii)(II) (1982 &...

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