U.S. v. FIELDS

Nos. 431, 432, Dockets 96-1168, 96-1257.

113 F.3d 313 (1997)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. James FIELDS; Christopher Crawley, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided May 12, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William M. Bloss, New Haven, CT (Jacobs, Grudberg, Belt & Dow, of counsel), for Defendant-Appellant Christopher Crawley.

Cheryl J. Sturm, West Chester, PA (Thomas G. Dennis, Federal Public Defender for the District of Connecticut, Hartford, CT, filed brief), for Defendant-Appellant James Fields.

Jeffrey A. Meyer, Assistant United States Attorney, New Haven, CT (Christopher F. Droney, United States Attorney, John H. Durham, Deputy United States Attorney, John A. Danaher III, Executive Assistant United States Attorney, Robert O. Hickey, Law Student Intern, on the brief and of counsel), for Appellee United States of America.

Before: OAKES, CARDAMONE, and MAHONEY, Circuit Judges.


CARDAMONE, Circuit Judge:

On a dark December night in 1994 two New Haven, Connecticut police officers, acting on a tip from a reliable informant, stood in the side yard of a three-family apartment house and peered into a window whose shade was partially raised. Although the bedroom they observed was that of a nine-year-old boy — decorated in "Sesame Street" style — its occupants were two adults, the defendants James Fields and Christopher Crawley, who...

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