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U.S. v. ACOSTA

Nos. 91-2071 to 91-2073.

965 F.2d 1248 (1992)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. Jose ACOSTA a/k/a "Jose Diaz", "Agapito Velazquez". UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. Manuel ACOSTA. UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. Martha OVALLE.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided May 27, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael M. Baylson, U.S. Atty., Walter S. Batty, Jr., Linwood C. Wright, Jr., Melissa H. Maxman (argued), Asst. U.S. Attys., Office of the U.S. Atty., Philadelphia, Pa., for appellant.

Richard A. Shore, Law Offices of Richard A. Shore, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellee, Jose Acosta.

Howard D. Popper, Popper & Yatvin, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellee, Manuel Acosta.

Alan L. Yatvin (argued), Popper & Yatvin, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellee, Martha Ovalle.

Before: GREENBERG, COWEN and SEITZ, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

SEITZ, Circuit Judge.

I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

This case resulted when members of the Drug Enforcement Agency ("DEA"), the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms and the Philadelphia police joined forces to arrest 63 individuals for drug marketing crimes. A team of five law enforcement officers, led by DEA Agent Allen, (collectively referred to as "officers"...

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