Legal Opinion
United States v. John D. Polito
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided September 12, 1988No. 88-1048PublishedCited by 67 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
On a midsummer day in 1987, a federal grand jury indicted defendant-appellant John D. Polito for distribution of cocaine. 1 He was tried in the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire, adjudged guilty by a jury, and sentenced. Polito then appealed. Though the yarn spun at trial was an absorbing one which evoked images from an earlier, perhaps more romantic time, 2 we resist the temptation to tell the tale in full. Instead, we discuss the facts in connection with the assignments of error — and then, only to the extent necessary to place each point…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- United States v. McDonaldCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1978
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3Cited by67 opinions
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