U.S. v. NADIRASHVILI

Docket Nos. 08-4211-cr (L), 09-0074-cr (CON), 09-0610-cr (CON), 09-1493-cr (CON), 09-3266-cr (CON), 09-3801-cr (CON).

655 F.3d 114 (2011)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Nikolai NADIRASHVILI, also known as Nikoloz Nadirashvili, also known as Nikush, Levan Chvelidze, Dimitriy Vorobeychik, Ioseb Kharabadze, also known as Soso, Christiaan Dewet Spies, also known as David, and Artur Solomonyan, also known as Alex, Defendants-Appellants, Joseph Colpani, also known as Joe, Michael Guy Demare, also known as Michel, Armen Razmik Barseghyan, Spartak Vahagn Yeribekyan, Levon Solomonyan, Allah McQueen, Rajab Chavis, also known as Jabs, also known as Keith Chavis, Garegin Gasparyan, also known as Garik, Michael Jimenez, also known as Mike, Nieman Myles, also known as Luis, William Jesus Thomas, Vakhtang Machitidze, Tigran Gevorgyan, also known as Tiko, Armand Abramian, also known as Armo, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: August 23, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herald Price Fahringer ( Erica T. Dubno , Nicole Neckles , on the brief), Fahringer & Dubno, New York, NY, for Defendant-Appellant, Nadirashvili.

Susan V. Tipograph , Thomas Eddy, New York, NY, for Defendant-Appellant, Chvelidze.

Kelly J. Sharkey , Brooklyn, New York, for Defendant-Appellant, Vorobeychik.

James E. Neuman , New York, NY, for Defendant-Appellant, Kharabadze.

John Burke , Brooklyn, NY, for Defendant-Appellant, Spies.

Seth Ginsberg ( Louis V. Fasulo , Fasulo, Shalley, and DiMaggio, New York, NY, on the brief), New York, NY, for Defendant-Appellant, Solomonyan.

David B. Massey , Assistant United States Attorney ( Preet Bharara , United States Attorney, on the brief, Matthew L. Schwartz and Andrew L. Fish , of counsel), United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York, New York, for Appellee.

Before: WINTER, POOLER, and HALL, Circuit Judges.


WINTER, Circuit Judge:

Nikolai Nadirashvili, Levan Chvelidze, Dimitriy Vorobeychik, Ioseb Kharabadze, Christiaan Dewet Spies, and Artur Solomonyan appeal from their convictions after a jury trial before Judge Holwell. Appellants were convicted of a variety of weapons trafficking offenses, described in greater detail below. These appeals followed.

We address three of the many issues raised by appellants, finding, after due consideration, their remaining arguments...

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