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U.S. v. LaBONTE

Nos. 95-1538, 95-1226, 95-1101 and 95-1264.

70 F.3d 1396 (1995)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. George LABONTE, Defendant, Appellee. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. David E. PIPER, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Alfred Lawrence HUNNEWELL, Defendant, Appellant. Stephen DYER, Petitioner, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided December 6, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Margaret D. McGaughey, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Jay P. McCloskey, United States Attorney, Jonathan R. Chapman and George T. Dilworth, Assistant United States Attorneys, were on brief, for the United States.

John A. Ciraldo, with whom Perkins, Thompson, Hinckley & Keddy, P.A. was on brief, Portland, ME, for George LaBonte.

Peter Clifford, Kennebunk, ME, for David E. Piper.

Michael C. Bourbeau, with whom Bourbeau and Bourbeau was on brief, Boston, MA, for Alfred Lawrence Hunnewell.

Cloud H. Miller, with whom Stephen Dyer was on brief pro se, Chuluota, FL, for Stephen Dyer.

Before SELYA, CYR and STAHL, Circuit Judges.

SELYA, Circuit Judge.

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