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U.S. v. PITERA

No. 1456, Docket 92-1681.

5 F.3d 624 (1993)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Thomas PITERA, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided September 22, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David A. Ruhnke, West Orange, NJ (Ruhnke & Barrett, on the brief), for defendant-appellant.

David W. Shapiro, Sp. Asst. U.S. Atty., Brooklyn, NY (Mary Jo White, U.S. Atty., Susan Corkery, Mark S. Cohen, Elisa L. Liang, Asst. U.S. Attys., on the brief), for appellee.

Before: NEWMAN, Chief Judge, MAHONEY, Circuit Judge, and EGINTON, District Judge.

JON O. NEWMAN, Chief Judge:

This appeal primarily challenges the appropriateness of a District Judge's participation in a narcotics trial shortly after delivering a speech to a group of drug enforcement officials. Thomas Pitera appeals from the November 6, 1992, judgment of the District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Reena Raggi, Judge) convicting him of various offenses including racketeering, in violation of...

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