United States Second Circuit

Conviction and sentence for importing five or more kilograms of cocaine and possessing five or more kilograms of cocaine with the intent to distribute are affirmed over claim that the district court erred in instructing the jury on how to evaluate defendant's testimony.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/02/2007
• Published 10/02/2007

Judges

• JOHN M. WALKER, JR., Circuit Judge:, Before:  JACOBS, Chief Judge, WALKER and CALABRESI, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• David A. Lewis, Federal Defenders of New York, Inc., Appeals Bureau, New York, NY, for defendant-appellant., Anthony G. Kyriakakis, Assistant United States Attorney (Roslynn R. Mauskopf, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Susan Corkery, Assistant United States Attorney, on the brief), New York, NY, for appellee.