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UNITED STATES v. BENTVENA

No. 26869.

288 F.2d 442 (1961)

UNITED STATES of America, Respondent-Appellee, v. William BENTVENA, Carlie Di Pietro, Joseph Fernandez, Carmine Galante, Angelo Loicano, Frank Mari, Samuel Monastersky, John Ormento, William Struzzieri, Petitioners-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided February 7, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James K. Branigan, New York City, for petitioners-appellants William Bentvena and William Struzzieri.

William Kleinman, Brooklyn, for petitioners-appellants Carlie Di Pietro and Frank Mari.

Thomas A. Wadden, Jr., Washington, D. C., for petitioner-appellant Carmine Galante.

George J. Todaro, New York City, for petitioner-appellant Joseph Fernandez.

Sylvester Cosentino, New York City, for petitioner-appellant Angelo Loicano.

Robert Mitchell, New York City, for petitioner-appellant Samuel Monastersky.

Vincent J. Fuller, Washington, D. C., for petitioner-appellant John Ormento.

Paul J. Curran, Asst. U. S. Atty., Southern Dist. of New York, New York City (Morton S. Robson, U. S. Atty., William M. Tendy and Jonathan L. Rosner, Asst. U. S. Attys., New York City, on the brief), for respondent-appellee.

Before LUMBARD, Chief Judge, WATERMAN, Circuit Judge, and MADDEN, Judge, United States Court of Claims.

LUMBARD, Chief Judge.

William Bentvena and his eight co-appellants are among 19 defendants now on trial in the Southern District of New York on charges of violating the narcotics laws, 21 U.S.C.A. §§ 173 and 174, and conspiracy so to do, 18 U.S.C. § 371. The nine defendants whose petitions we here consider had been enlarged on bail until Judge Levet remanded them to custody on January 30, 1961.1 They then

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