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· 8/31/1981

United States v. Joseph Marino, Joseph Castello, Pietro Orlando and Mary Alice Williams

Citations

  • 658 F.2d 1120
  • 8 Fed. R. Serv. 1386
  • 1981 U.S. App. LEXIS 18111

How courts have described this case

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  • concluding that guns found in the defendant’s suitcase at the time of his arrest were admissible because they were “relevant to prove [the defendant]’s intent to engage in a conspiracy to import cocaine”
  • finding that evidence of weapons is allowed even though the indictment does not charge firearm offenses because weapons are \tools of the trade\ in drug trafficking
  • following Allen but also noting that excluded evi- dence was not “material”
  • involving possession of airline tickets

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Judges: Boyce, Jones, Martin, Phillips

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