ACCARDO v. UNITED STATES

No. 13691.

249 F.2d 519 (1957)

Anthony M. ACCARDO, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided October 25, 1957.

Petition for Rehearing Denied December 4, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Gerald G. Schulsinger, Washington, D. C. (appointed by this Court), for appellant.

Mr. Harry T. Alexander, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Messrs. Oliver Gasch, U. S. Atty., Lewis Carroll and Joel D. Blackwell, Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before WILBUR K. MILLER, BAZELON and FAHY, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

The appeal is from a judgment of conviction of attempt to commit robbery, in violation of section 22-2902, D.C.Code (1951). The incidents which led to the indictment occurred at a gasoline station owned and operated by the principal witness for the prosecution. Since the defendant did not take the stand, the case turned from a factual standpoint upon the credence the jury would give to the testimony of the principal prosecution witness. While his testimony...

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