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U.S. v. SICIGNANO

No. 512, Docket 95-1209.

78 F.3d 69 (1996)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Robert SICIGNANO, Jr., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided March 13, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Sicignano, Jr., appeals from his conviction on two narcotics charges in the United States District Court for Connecticut, T.F. Gilroy Daly, Judge. He contends the court erred in omitting an essential qualification from the charge on conscious avoidance. Vacated and remanded.

William M. Bloss, New Haven, CT (Ira B. Grudberg, Jacobs, Grudberg, Belt & Dow, New Haven, CT, on the brief), for Defendant-Appellant.

Alex V. Hernandez, Assistant United States Attorney, Bridgeport, CT (Christopher F. Droney, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, New Haven, CT, on the brief), for Appellee.

Before: McLAUGHLIN and LEVAL, Circuit Judges and KOELTL, District Judge.

PER CURIAM:

Background

The defendant Robert Sicignano, Jr., was charged with one count of distribution of cocaine, under 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), and one count of conspiracy to distribute, under 21 U.S.C. § 846.

The evidence showed the following: The case against Sicignano arose out of a 22-month undercover narcotics investigation in New Haven, Connecticut. During the course of this investigation, undercover agent Raymond Hassett of...

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