United States Second Circuit

Defendant's conviction for obstruction of justice in connection with a drug related murder was overturned based on insufficient evidence because the government failed to prove a sufficient nexus between the local and federal investigations.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/09/2004
• Published 06/09/2004

Judges

• Before:  NEWMAN, CALABRESI, and B.D. PARKER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Kelly T. Currie and Christina B. Dugger, Assistant United States Attorneys (Susan Corkery, Assistant United States Attorney, on the brief), for Roslynn R. Mauskopf, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Brooklyn, NY, for Appellee., Lawrence Mark Stern, New York, NY, for Defendant-Appellant Carlos Lopez., Daniel M. Felber, Balsam Felber & Goldfield, New York, NY, for Defendant-Appellant Rafael Lopez.