Legal Opinion
United States v. Jose Luis Pizarro and Miguel Rodriguez
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 20, 1983No. 82-1238, 82-1311PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NEAHER, Senior District Judge.
In this consolidated appeal, defendants Jose Luis Pizarro and Miguel Rodriguez challenge for a second time in this Court their convictions on charges of selling a quantity of heroin to undercover Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”) agents in the Spring of 1979. Along with a third defendant, William Lara, 1 Pizarro and Rodriguez were originally tried and convicted on these charges in August 1979, but because of various prejudicial remarks made by the prosecutor during closing arguments, this Court reversed those convictions and ordered a new trial for all…
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