Legal Opinion
United States v. Kenny Derosa A/K/A Pup, in No. 76-1642 Appeal of Brando Rosetta, in No. 76-1643
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided January 11, 1977No. 76-1642, 76-1643PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
GARTH, Circuit Judge.
The government’s opening at the start of a criminal trial which charged both conspir acy and substantive offenses consisted in large part of a verbatim reading of certain wiretap transcripts through which the government claimed that it would prove the five substantive counts against appellant DeRosa. During trial, the wiretap evidence was excluded, and the substantive counts to which they related were dismissed. On appeal both appellants contend that the jury’s exposure to the inadmissible wiretap transcripts prejudiced their trial on the conspiracy…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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