U.S. v. SEPULVEDA

Nos. 92-1362, 92-1574, 92-1364, 92-1366, 92-1367, 92-1369, 92-1371, 92-1373 to 92-1375, 92-1573 and 92-1629.

15 F.3d 1161 (1993)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. David SEPULVEDA, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Edgar SEPULVEDA, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Edward W. WELCH, Jr., Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Arline S. WELCH, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Kevin CULLINANE, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Cheryl T. JOHNSON, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Richard F. LABRIE, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Tony ROOD, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. William D. WALLACE, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Ernest F. LANGLOIS, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided December 20, 1993.

Stay of Mandate Dissolved December 30, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David H. Bownes, with whom David H. Bownes, P.C. was on brief, for defendant David Sepulveda.

Julia M. Nye, with whom McKean, Mattson and Latici, P.A. was on brief, for defendant Edgar Sepulveda.

Stephen A. Cherry, with whom Wright & Cherry was on brief, for defendant Edward W. Welch, Jr.

Kevin M. Fitzgerald, with whom Peabody & Brown was on brief, for defendant Arline S. Welch.

Michael J. Ryan, with whom King and Ryan was on brief, for defendant Kevin Cullinane.

Robert P. Woodward for defendant Cheryl T. Johnson.

Mark H. Campbell for defendant Richard Labrie.

Paul J. Garrity on brief for defendant Tony Rood.

Matthew J. Lahey, with whom Murphy, McLaughlin, Hemeon & Lahey, P.A. was on brief, for defendant William D. Wallace.

Julie L. Lesher, with whom Murphy, McLaughlin, Hemeon & Lahey, P.A. was on brief, for defendant Ernest F. Langlois.

John P. Rab for defendant Christopher Driesse (appellant in consolidated appeal).

Paul J. Haley, with whom Scott L. Hood was on brief, for defendant Shane Welch (appellant in consolidated appeal).

Kevin M. Fitzgerald, Kevin M. Leach, McLane, Graf, Raulerson & Middleton, Peabody & Brown and David H. Bownes on omnibus briefs for all appellants.

Terry L. Ollila, Special Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Peter E. Papps, United States Attorney, and Jeffrey S. Cahill, Special Assistant United States Attorney, were on brief, for appellee.

Before SELYA, CYR and BOUDIN, Circuit Judges.


SELYA, Circuit Judge.

These appeals, arising out of the drug-trafficking convictions of a dozen New Hampshire residents, suggest that while two New Hampshire men might once have been a match for Satan, see Stephen Vincent Benet, The Devil and Daniel Webster (1937), times have changed. The tale follows.

I. BACKGROUND

During a two-month trial in the district court, the government mined a golconda of evidence. Because it would serve no...

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