Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit March 26, 1979, 104 to 106, 115, Docket 78-1184 to 78-1186, 78-1193 (United States v. Ronald Lyles, Jesse Johnson, Carlos Holder and Benjamin Dunham, Defendants)

MESKILL, Circuit Judge:

Ronald Lyles, Jesse Johnson, Benjamin Dunham and Carlos Holder were convicted, after a joint jury trial in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, Eugene Nickerson,

Judge,

of conspiring to distribute heroin in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846.