UNITED STATES v. PEPE

No. 296, Docket 24431.

247 F.2d 838 (1957)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Flora PEPE and Nicholas Buono, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided September 12, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul W. Williams, U. S. Atty., for S. D. New York, New York City (Robert Kirtland and John A. Keeffe, Asst. U. S. Attys., New York City, of counsel), for appellee.

Samuel W. Altman, New York City, (and Harry Silver, New York City, on the brief), for defendant-appellant, Flora Pepe.

Dominick A. Fusco, New York City, for defendant-appellant Nicholas Buono.

Before MEDINA, LUMBARD and WATERMAN, Circuit Judges.


LUMBARD, Circuit Judge.

Flora Pepe and Nicholas Buono appeal from their conviction by a jury on three counts of an indictment charging them with the possession of narcotics illegally imported, possession of heroin and cocaine without paying the special tax, and conspiracy to sell and possess narcotics, in violation of 21 U.S.C.A. §§ 173, 174, 26 U.S.C.A. §§ 4702(a), 4721, 4722, 4724(c), 7237(a), and 18 U.S.C.A. § 371, and prison sentences...

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