United States v. Ferguson

CARDAMONE, Circuit Judge:

Sekou Odinga, Silvia Baraldini, Cecil Ferguson and Edward Joseph, who the evidence shows were involved in a series of armored truck robberies and two murders in the Bronx and Nanuet, New York in 1981 and in the prison escape of Black Liberation Army leader Joanne Chesimard, appeal from their convictions for their parts in those crimes. The principal claims of error the defendants raise are: (1) there was no probable cause for the issuance of an intercept order because the applications for electronic surveillance contain material omissions; (2) the trial court had no…