Legal Opinion
United States v. Martinez-Torres
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided January 11, 1983No. SSS 82 CR. 489 (CBM)PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MOTLEY, Chief Judge.
This opinion responds to challenges raised to jury instructions. The trial involved multiple defendants charged with multiple narcotics and firearms violations. Since this court refused to amend its instructions as requested, this opinion now sets forth the reasons underlying the court’s refusal, particularly as to the exceptions raised by defendant Martinez-Torres (Torres).
Torres raised several exceptions to the court’s instructions. These exceptions may be summarized as follows: 1) Torres asked the court to instruct that a conspiracy to violate the narcotics laws,…
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