00-1059
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In The
United States Court of Appeals
FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Appellee
-against-
Lyndon BAINE Benjamin,
Defendant, Appellant
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ON APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
OF MASSACHSUETTS
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BRIEF AND ADDENDUM FOR DEFENDANT-APPELLANT
LYNDON BAINE BENJAMIN
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S. VANESSA M.G.VON STRUENSEE, ESQ.
COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT-APPELLANT
LYNDON BENJAMIN
22 TROWBRIDGE STREET
CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS 02138
(617) 492-4890
DINA MICHAEL Chaitowitz, ESq.
NADINE PELLEGRINI, Esq.
ASSISTANT U.S. ATTORNEYS
ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLEE
ONE NEW COURT HOUSE WAY Ste. 9200
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
(617) 748-3107
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TABLE OF AUTHORITIES
Page
Constitution
U.S. Const., Art., III sec. 2, cl.11 5,18
Amendment V, United States Constitution
5,10,18
Amendment VI, United States Constitution .. 5, 10,18,26,27, 28, 29
Statutes
United States Code
Title 18, § 1344
..passim
Title 18, § 1956
.. passim
Title 18, § 1957
.. passim
Title 18, § 3231
.. 1
Title 18, § 3742 .. 1
28 U.S.C. § 1291 .. 1
Jury Selection and Service Act of 1968,
28 U.S.C.§§ 1861 et seq. ..27,28
Rues
Rule 4 Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure . 1
Rule 29 Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure ..4,5
Rule 33 Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure ..23
Rule 52 Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure ..22
Cases
Blasini
, 169 F.3d at 62 .. ....5
Page
Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83, 10 L. Ed. 2d 215,
83 S. Ct. 1194 (1963) .22,23,24,25,
26,27
Carella v. California, 491 U.S. 263 (1989) 10,16
Duren v. Missouri, 439 U.S. 357 (1979) 28
Giglio v. United States, 405 U.S. 150 (1972) .25,27
Griffith v. Kentucky
, 479 U.S. 314, 328 (1987) 21Griffin v. United States, 502 U.S. 46, 58 (1991) . 18
In re Winship, 397 U.S. 358 (1970) 5,10
Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U.S. 307 (1979) ..5
Johnson v. United States, 117 S. Ct. 1544, 520 U.S. 461,
465-66 (1997) . . 16, 22
Kyles v. Whitley, 115 S. Ct. 1555 (1995) 24
Mooney v. Holohan, 294 U.S. 103 (1935) 26
Napue v. Illinois
, 360 U.S. 264 (1959) 26Neder v. United States, 119 S. Ct. 1827, 1839 (1999) .21
Ortiz v. Stewart, 149 F.3d 923, 935 (9th Cir. 1998) ..25
Rose v. Clark 478 U.S. 570 (1986) . 16
Stirone v. United States, 361 U.S. 212 (1959) 19
Strickler v. Greene,
119 S. Ct. 1936, 1948-49 (1999) 22, 24Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668 (1984) 25,26,29
Sullivan v. Louisiana, 113 S. Ct. 2078, 2082,
508 U.S. 275
(1993) .. 15,16,17Taylor v. Louisiana, 419 U.S. 522 (1975) .27,28
United States v. Anderson, 89 F.3d 1306
(6th Cir. 1996) . 20
United States v. Aramony, 88 F.3d 1369, 1386-1387
(4th Cir. 1996) . 13
United States v. Bagley, 473 U.S. 667 (1985) 23,24
Page
United States v. Barona, 56 F.3d 1087
(9th Cir. 1995)
cert. denied, Bennett v. United States,
516 U.S. 1092 18, 21
United States v. Bearden
, 659 F.2d 590, 593 (5th Cir. 1981),quoted in United States v. Contreras, 108 F.3d 1255, 1265
(10th Cir.), cert. denied, 118 S. Ct. 116 (1997) ------------------------------28
United States v. Brandon, 17 F.3d 409, 424 (1st Cir. 1994)
(quoting United States v. Goldblatt, 813 F.2d 619, 624
(3d Cir. 1987) ..21
United States v. Camiel, 689 F.2d 31
(3d Cir. 1982) 19
United States v. Collins
, 60 F.3d 4, 7 (1st Cir. 1995) .22United States v. Ramiro L. Colon-Munoz
, No. 98-1684) (1st Cir.) ..5United States v. DiRico
, 78 F.3d 732, 736-37 (1st Cir. 1996) . 17United States v. DiSanto, 86 F.3d 1238, 1246 (1st Cir. 1996) . 5
United States v. Doherty, 969 F.2d 425
(7th Cir.) cert. denied, 113 S. Ct. 607 (1992) . 20
United States v. Fiel 35 F.3d 1005 15
United States v. Gaudin, 115 S. Ct. 2310 (1995) 6,10,12,13
United States v. Gilliam,
994 F.2d 97, 101 (2d Cir. 1993)(quoting United States ex rel. McCann v. Adams, 126 F.2d 774, 776
(2d Cir. 1942), cert. denied, 510 U.S. 927 (1993) 30
United States v. Grey, 56 F.3d 1219
(10th Cir. 1995) 9
United States v. Hansel, 70 F.3d 6
(2d Cir. 1995) 29
United States v. Houlihan
, 92 F.3d 1271, 1295(1st Cir. 1996) .. 5
United States v. Huddleston, 194 F.3d 214, 218
(1st Cir. 1999) 23
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United States v. Leslie, 103 F.3d 1093
(2d. Cir.) cert. denied, 117 S. Ct. 1713 (1997) 13
United States v. Lopez, 514 U.S._, 115 S. Ct. 1624,
131 L.Ed. 2d 626 (1995) .10
United States v. Mangual-Corchado
, 139 F.3d 34, 44 (1st Cir. 1998)(quoting United States v. Houlihan, 92 F.3d 1271, 1295
(1st Cir. 1996) .5
United States v. Mastelotto, 717 F.2d 1238
(9th Cir. 1983) .18,19
United States v. Montilla-Rivera, 115 F.3d 1060
(1st Cir. 1997) 23
United States v. Montilla-Rivera (Montilla-Rivera II
), 171 F.3d 37,40 (1st Cir. 1999) 23
United States v. Natanel, 938 F.2d 302, 314 (1st Cir. 1991) .23
United States v. Olano, 507 U.S. 725 (1993) 22
United States v. Ortiz,
23 F.3d 21, 27 (1st Cir. 1994) .. 23,25United States v. Owens, 933 F. Supp. 76
(D. Mass. 1996) Add.
United States v. Pappadopoulos
, 64 F.3d 522, 524(9th Cir. 1995) .5
United States v. Peay, 972 F.2d 71
(4th Cir. 1992) ..10
United States v. Pettigrew, 77 F.3d 1500
(5th Cir. 1996) .8
United States v. Pinckney, 85 F.3d at 8 9
United States v. Radetsky
, 535 F.2d 556, 562(10th Cir. 1976)) 19
United States v. Robinson, 651 F.2d 1188
(6th Cir. 1981) 20
United States v. Rodriguez, 140 F.3d 163
(2d Cir. 1998) .7
United States v. Royal, 174 F.3d 1 1999 WL 179003
(April 2, 1999) ..28
United States v. Santa-Manzano, 842 F.2d 1
(1st. Cir. 1988) 19
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United States v. Sepulveda, 15 F.3d 1216, 1220
(1st Cir. 1993) .23,24
United States v. Spawr Optical Research, Inc.,
864 F.2d 1467, 1472 n.6 (9th Cir. 1988) 25
United States v. Spriggs, 102 F.3d 1245
(D.C. Cir. 1996) 13
United States v. Voss, 82 F.3d 1521
(10th Cir.) cert. denied, 117 S. Ct. 226 (1996) 13
Wickard v. Filburn, 317 U.S. 111,
63 S. Ct. 82, 87 L.Ed. 2d (122) (1942) .10
Yates v. United States, 354 U.S. 298 (1955) .18,20,21