Legal Opinion
United States v. Mark Bahna and Armindo Soares
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided October 5, 1995No. 1369, Docket 94-1566PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
VAN GRAAFEILAND, Circuit Judge:
In June 1990, Armindo Soares was convicted after a jury trial in Brooklyn of conspiring and attempting to possess cocaine with intent to distribute. On July 31, 1991, Judge Rag-gi, before whom the case was tried, ordered a new trial because of what Judge Raggi concluded was an erroneous ruling concerning character evidence. In March 1994, Soares was retried before Chief Judge Platt in Un-iondale and again was convicted. Once more, Soares contends that the verdict was tainted. However, this time his contention is without merit.
Although Soares describes the case…
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