Legal Opinion
United States v. Thomas Pitera
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided September 22, 1993No. 1456, Docket 92-1681PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JON 0. NEWMAN, Chief Judge:
This appeal primarily challenges the appropriateness of a District Judge’s participation in a narcotics trial shortly after delivering a speech to a group of drug enforce ment officials. Thomas Pitera appeals from the November 6, 1992, judgment of the District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Reena Raggi, Judge) convicting him of various offenses including racketeering, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1962(c) (1988); supervising a continuing criminal enterprise (“CCE”), in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 848(a), (c) (1988); murder in furtherance of a CCE, in…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Illinois v. GatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Franks v. DelawareSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Giglio v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Cullen v. MargiottaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1987
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3Cited by33 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. D'AmourMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1999
- United States v. NguyenDistrict Court, D. Kansas · 1996
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