U.S. v. GIUNTA

No. 89-5245.

925 F.2d 758 (1991)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Giuliano GIUNTA, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided February 15, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Georg Nicholas Herman, Coleman, Bernholz, Bernholz, Gledhill & Hargrave, Chapel Hill, N.C. (argued), Adrian Halpern, Coleman, Bernholz, Bernholz, Gledhill & Hargrave, Chapel Hill, N.C., on brief, for defendant-appellant.

Robert Holt Edmunds, Jr., U.S. Atty., Greensboro, N.C., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before ERVIN, Chief Judge, and PHILLIPS and MURNAGHAN, Circuit Judges.


PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge:

Giuliano Giunta appeals his convictions of conspiracy to import into and to distribute within the United States more than one kilogram of heroin in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 963, 846, and 841(b)(1)(A). We conclude that the evidence was insufficient to convict him of conspiracy on either count and reverse his convictions.

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Sometime in early 1987, Giunta became a target...

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