Legal Opinion
United States v. Joseph Piva
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 21, 1989No. 87-1871PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ACOSTA, District Judge.
Joseph Piva (“appellant”) appeals from his conviction of conspiracy to distribute more than one thousand pounds of marijuana. He argues that the trial court erred (1) in instructing the jury on the defense of withdrawal from the conspiracy and (2) in allowing a state police officer to repeat statements made to him by one of appellant’s co-conspirators, Anthony Pacheco (“Pacheco”), who subsequently became a government informant. Because we find no reversible error, we affirm.
THE FACTS
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