Legal Opinion
United States v. Alphonse Cirillo
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided May 7, 1974No. 676, 677, 684, 688, 730, 762, 763 and 796, Dockets 73-2426, 73-2615, 73-2554, 73-2796, 73-2555, 73-2644, 73-2645 and 73-2635PublishedCited by 120 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MANSFIELD, Circuit Judge:
On this appeal we encounter a narcotic distribution conspiracy of the familiar “chain type” involving sophisticated suppliers, middlemen and customers who dealt in substantial amounts of heroin, conducting their business through use of coded narcotics trade language or jargon in which innocent phrases were used to describe heroin, prices and parties. After a jury trial before Judge Orrin G Judd of the Eastern District of New York all appellants were found guilty of conspiracy to distribute heroin in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846 (Count 9). Additionally appellants were…
2Cases cited49 opinions
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- Blumenthal v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
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