Legal Opinion
United States v. Stephen B. Zackson and Henry Acierno, Peter Lagatta
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided December 21, 1993No. 401, Docket 93-1314PublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McLAUGHLIN, Circuit Judge:
Defendant Peter LaGatta appeals from a judgment of conviction entered in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Raymond J. Dearie, Judge). LaGatta had been indicted for two drug conspiracies, the first involving marijuana, the second, cocaine. Judge Dearie granted a severance motion and ordered two consecutive jury trials.
In the first, the jury found LaGatta guilty of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute marijuana. A second jury later convicted LaGatta of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to…
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