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U.S. v. CINTOLO

No. 85-1615.

818 F.2d 980 (1987)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. William J. CINTOLO, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided May 1, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis J. DiMento with whom DiMento & Sullivan, Boston, Mass., Anthony M. Traini, Leppo & Traini, Randolph, Mass., Norman S. Zalkind, Robert L. Sheketoff, Kimberly Homan, David Duncan and Zalkind, Sheketoff, Homan & Rodriquez, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for defendant, appellant.

Max D. Stern and Stern & Shapiro, on brief, for Nat. Network for the Right to Counsel, amicus curiae, and Harvey A. Silverglate, Andrew Good, and Silverglate, Gertner, Baker, Fine, Good & Mizner, Boston, Mass., on brief, for Massachusetts Ass'n of Criminal Defense Lawyers, amicus curiae.

Diane M. Kottmyer, Sp. Atty., Dept. of Justice, with whom Stephen P. Heymann and Jeremiah T. O'Sullivan, Sp. Attys., and Robert S. Mueller III, U.S. Atty., Boston, Mass., were on brief, for appellee.

Before CAMPBELL, Chief Judge, BREYER and SELYA, Circuit Judges.

SELYA, Circuit Judge.

This case deals with the manner in which one member of the criminal defense bar chose, in his own sense, to read and to act upon the bitter letter of the law. In the bargain, the case presents important questions concerning the relation of an attorney to the fabric of federal law which Congress has woven to prevent obstruction of justice.

In December 1984, a grand jury sitting in the District of Massachusetts returned an indictment against...

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