Legal Opinion
United States v. Jose Figueroa, Angel Lebron, and Ralph Acosta
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided February 26, 1980No. 244 to 246, Dockets 79-1188 to 79-1190PublishedCited by 257 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*938NEWMAN, Circuit Judge:
This criminal appeal concerns primarily the admissibility of prior crime evidence in a multi-defendant trial. Jose Figueroa, Angel Lebrón, and Ralph Acosta were convicted after a two-day trial in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Thomas C. Platt, Jr., Judge) upon jury verdicts finding them guilty of conspiracy to possess and distribute heroin in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846 (1976) and the substantive offense of possession of heroin with intent to distribute in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) (1976).
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