UNITED STATES v. SANSONE

No. 279, Docket 22725.

206 F.2d 86 (1953)

UNITED STATES v. SANSONE.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided August 18, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick H. Block, New York City, for appellant.

J. Edward Lumbard, Jr., U. S. Atty. for Southern District of New York, New York City, William Esbitt, Robert P. Patterson, Jr., Asst. U. S. Attys., New York City, of counsel, for appellee.

Before CHASE, CLARK and FRANK, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

After trial by jury, the appellant was found guilty of violating Title 18 U.S.C. § 371, in that he conspired with Joseph Orsini, Francois Spirito and others to import and sell heroin in contravention of the laws of the United States. He relies for reversal solely on trial errors, one of which was so prejudicial that, despite attempts of the trial judge to cure it, the judgment must be reversed and we will confine this opinion to that.

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