Legal Opinion
United States v. Samuel Kaplan
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided October 15, 1974No. 1232, Docket 74-1580PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FRANKEL, District Judge:
Appellant assails a judgment sentencing him to prison for eight years for unlawful possession and distribution of 25.6 grams of heroin on January 6, 1972v Though the trial was brief and the Government’s case depended almost entirely upon the testimony of a single narcotics agent, the sufficiency of the evidence is not questioned. The case was carefully and thoughtfully tried. Nevertheless, we find error in an evidentiary ruling sufficiently serious in the setting of the small record to require reversal.
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Drug Enforcement Agent Nicholas Alieva was in charge of the case…
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