United States v. Richard Mastrangelo

RALPH K. WINTER, Circuit Judge:

Richard Mastrangelo appeals from a judgment of conviction entered in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, after a jury trial before Judge McLaughlin. Mastrangelo was found guilty of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute marijuana in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846 (1976), possession with intent to distribute marijuana and methaqualone tablets, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) (1976), importation of marijuana and methaqualone, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 952(a) and 960 (1976), and obstruction of justice, in violation…