UNITED STATES v. GERNIE

No. 173, Docket 24634.

252 F.2d 664 (1958)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Joseph GERNIE and Edward Ogull, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided February 13, 1958.

Writ of Certiorari Denied May 26, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jacob W. Friedman, New York City, for defendants-appellants.

Jerome J. Londin and Robert B. Fiske, Jr., Asst. U. S. Attys., Southern District of New York, New York City (Paul W. Williams, U. S. Atty., Southern District of New York, New York City, on the brief), for appellee.

Before HAND, MEDINA and LUMBARD, Circuit Judges.


Writ of Certiorari Denied May 26, 1958. See 78 S.Ct. 1006.

LUMBARD, Circuit Judge.

The four principal questions on appeal are (1) whether there was sufficient evidence to support Joseph Gernie's conviction, (2) whether the court erred in denying defense motion to dismiss the indictment against Ogull because of entrapment, (3) whether the court erroneously restricted cross-examination of narcotic agent Wurms regarding the whereabouts of the government's former...

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