LAUGHLIN v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 18711, 18712.

344 F.2d 187 (1965)

James J. LAUGHLIN, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee. Alan U. FORTE, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided February 11, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. William J. Garber, Washington, D. C., for appellant James J. Laughlin.

Mr. James J. Laughlin, Washington, D. C., for appellant Alan U. Forte.

Mr. David C. Acheson, U. S. Atty., with whom Messrs. Frank Q. Nebeker, Joseph A. Lowther and Anthony A. Lapham, Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before EDGERTON, Senior Circuit Judge, and DANAHER and WRIGHT, Circuit Judges.


J. SKELLY WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:

The appellants in this case were convicted of a conspiracy to commit an offense against the United States1 by influencing the actions of one Jean Smith, a material witness in an earlier criminal prosecution against appellant Forte.2 Each appellant here was also convicted of the substantive offense of corruptly endeavoring to influence...

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