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U.S. v. ORTIZ

Docket No. 00-1577.

251 F.3d 305 (2001)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. Graciela ORTIZ, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. August Term, 2000.

Decided: May 22, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marc L. Greenwald, Assistant United States Attorney, New York, New York (Mary Jo White, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jamie L. Kogan, Cathy Seibel, Assistant United States Attorneys, New York, New York, on the brief), for Appellant.

Richard H. Rosenberg, New York, New York, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before: OAKES and STRAUB, Circuit Judges, and RAKOFF, District Judge.

RAKOFF, District Judge:

Graciela Ortiz, appellee here, was charged in three counts with conspiring to distribute, and distributing, large quantities of cocaine and heroin. At her trial, she mounted an elaborate defense culminating in her own testimony over two days during which she repeatedly denied any knowing involvement in the charged offenses. The jury, discrediting this testimony, convicted on all counts. Ortiz then sought to avail herself of the provision of...

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