Legal Opinion

United States v. Charles

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided May 24, 2000No. 98-2046, 98-2180PublishedCited by 122 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

TORRUELLA, Chief Judge.

On April 24, 1997, a federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment charging Joseph A. Charles, Elizabeth Ahart, and Reynard Mason with violations of various federal narcotics and firearms laws. After unsuccessfully litigating a motion to suppress all evidence arising out of a wiretap authorized by a Massachusetts court, see United States v. Charles, No. 97-10107-PBS, 1998 WL 204696 (D.Mass. Jan.13, 1998), Ahart and Charles entered conditional pleas of guilty. On July 17, 1998, after holding an evidentiary hearing to determine the nature of the narcotics, the…

2Cases cited39 opinions

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3Cited by122 opinions

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