U.S. v. WHITING

Nos. 92-1182, 92-1258, 92-1183 to 92-1185, 92-1259, 92-1442 and 92-1443.

28 F.3d 1296 (1994)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Darryl WHITING, a/k/a G., God, Rah, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Sean DIXON, a/k/a Michael White, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Renaldo PLEDGER, a/k/a Eugene Noble, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Edwin CARMICHAEL, a/k/a Freedom, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. William BOWIE, a/k/a Cuda, Diamond, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Steven WADLINGTON, a/k/a Mohammed, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Kenneth BARTLETT, a/k/a Cheyenne, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided July 6, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary C. Crossen, by Appointment of the Court, and Stephen D. Sowle with whom Sarah Reed, John A. Shope and Foley, Hoag & Eliot, Boston, MA, were on briefs for appellant Darryl Whiting.

John H. LaChance, by Appointment of the Court, with whom LaChance and Whatley, Framingham, MA, was on briefs for appellant Sean Dixon.

John C. Doherty, Andover, MA, by Appointment of the Court, for appellant Renaldo Pledger.

Janet L. Sanders with whom Zalkind, Rodriguez, Lunt & Duncan, Boston, MA, was on briefs for appellant Steven Wadlington.

Lois Lewis, Newton, MA, by Appointment of the Court, for appellant Edwin Carmichael.

John P. Slattery, by Appointment of the Court, with whom Wysocki and Slattery, Boston, MA, was on brief for appellant Kenneth Bartlett.

Paul A. Dinsmore, Rumford, RI, by Appointment of the Court, for appellant William Bowie.

Robert W. Iuliano, Asst. U.S. Atty., Paul V. Kelly, Asst. U.S. Atty., (for IAD issue), and Thomas C. Frongillo with whom Donald K. Stern, U.S. Atty., Boston, MA, was on briefs for the United States.

Before BREYER, Chief Judge, BOUDIN and STAHL, Circuit Judges.


BOUDIN, Circuit Judge.

These cases arise out of an extensive undercover law enforcement operation targeted at the "New York Boys," a large-scale drug distribution ring operating out of the Orchard Park Housing Project in Roxbury, Massachusetts. The seven defendants currently before the court appeal their convictions, their sentences, or both. We affirm the district court's rulings on all but one point.1

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