Legal Opinion

United States v. Roberto Vazquez, Rafael Peralta, AKA Juan Martinez, AKA "Pichardo,"

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided May 19, 1997No. 401, Docket 96-1163PublishedCited by 38 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CARDAMONE, Circuit Judge:

Defendant Rafael Peralta appeals from a judgment of conviction entered on March 8, 1996 after a jury trial in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York before Judge Robert P. Patterson. Peralta was convicted of conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute heroin and distributing and possessing with intent to distribute heroin, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 812, 841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(B) and 846.

On appeal, defendant contends first that his request for a multiple conspiracy jury instruction was improperly denied. His second…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. United States v. Carmine TramuntiCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1975
  2. United States v. Maldonado-RiveraCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1990
  3. United States v. Vincent Martino, John Torrioni, Policardo Despaigne, A/K/A "Paulie," Odell Miller, A/K/A "Pluggy," John Radice, and John PerryCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1981
  4. 4 Fed. R. Evid. Serv. 1197, 5 Fed. R. Evid. Serv. 570 United States of America v. Jose Esteban Cambindo Valencia, Jose Manuel Escobar Orjuella, Federico Gonzalez, Alfonso Velasco, Mario Caicedo, Edgar Enrique Moreno Ortiz, Julio Francisco Bermudez Prado, Rafael Flores Valencia, Carmen Vivas, Freddie Williams, Jesus Losada, and Rosalinda LosadaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1979
  5. United States v. Everett W. Thompson, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1996

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3Cited by38 opinions

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  3. United States v. DesimoneCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1997
  4. United States v. DesimoneCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1997
  5. United States v. Peter Evangelista and Anthony Evangelista, Louis Evangelista and Claude EvangelistaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1997

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