U.S. v. CHARLES

Nos. 98-2046, 98-2180.

213 F.3d 10 (2000)

UNITED STATES, Appellee, v. Joseph A. CHARLES, a/k/a Shiz, Defendant, Appellant. United States, Appellee, v. Elizabeth Ahart, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided May 24, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin Reddington for appellant Joseph A. Charles and Frances L. Robinson, by appointment of the Court, for appellant Elizabeth Ahart, were on consolidated brief.

Thomas C. Frongillo, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Donald K. Stern, United States Attorney, Dickens Mathieu, Assistant United States Attorney, and Geline W. Williams, Special Assistant United States Attorney, Plymouth County District Attorney's Office, were on brief, for appellee.

Before TORRUELLA, Chief Judge, CYR, Senior Circuit Judge, and STAHL, Circuit Judge.


TORRUELLA, Chief Judge.

On April 24, 1997, a federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment charging Joseph A. Charles, Elizabeth Ahart, and Reynard Mason with violations of various federal narcotics and firearms laws. After unsuccessfully litigating a motion to suppress all evidence arising out of a wiretap authorized by a Massachusetts court, see United States v. Charles, No. 97-10107-PBS, 1998 WL 204696 (D.Mass. Jan. 13, 1998), Ahart and Charles entered...

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