United States v. John Fioravanti, Nicholas Panaccione, and Angelo Pepe, Nicholas Panaccione

OPINION OF THE COURT

ALDISERT, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction in a counterfeiting case in which the appellant was found guilty by a jury largely on the testimony of a Secret Service Agent who testified that the appellant and two other defendants, who pleaded guilty to the charges, had participated with him in the negotiations for and the delivery of a quantity of counterfeit money. 1

At trial, the agent testified on direct examination that, acting in an undercover capacity, he made arrangements with the co-defendant Pepe to purchase the counterfeit currency. The agent was…