Legal Opinion
United States v. Juan Antonio Tapia-Ortiz and Ernesto Velez-Morales
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided May 9, 1994No. 757, 332, Dockets 92-1435, 93-1322PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WALKER, Circuit Judge:
Defendants Juan Tapia-Ortiz and Ernesto Velez-Morales appeal from judgments entered in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Thomas C. Platt, Jr., Chief Judge), convicting them after a jury trial of conspiring to distribute heroin and cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846, and of possessing cocaine with intent to distribute in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1). Defendants argue that their convictions should be reversed because the Government improperly bolstered its case by introducing expert testimony regarding the habits of narcotics…
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