U.S. v. PUJANA-MENA

No. 669, Docket 90-1464.

949 F.2d 24 (1991)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Juan José PUJANA-MENA, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided October 25, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roanne L. Mann, New York City (Stein, Zauderer, Ellenhorn, Frischer & Sharp, New York, N.Y., of counsel), for defendant-appellant.

Linda B. Lakhdhir, Asst. U.S. Atty., Brooklyn, N.Y. (Andrew J. Maloney, U.S. Atty., E.D.N.Y., Susan Corkery, Asst. U.S. Atty., Brooklyn, N.Y.), for appellee.

Before PIERCE, WINTER, and WALKER, Circuit Judges.


PIERCE, Senior Circuit Judge:

Juan José Pujana-Mena appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, Korman, Judge, convicting him after a jury trial of conspiracy and substantive narcotics offenses. Pujana-Mena seeks reversal of his conviction contending that the district court erred in refusing to instruct the jury that character evidence alone may be sufficient to create a reasonable doubt. He also claims...

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