UNITED STATES v. FRANZESE

No. 262, Docket 31391.

392 F.2d 954 (1968)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. John FRANZESE, also known as "Sonny," William David Crabbe, also known as "Red," John Matera, also known as "Johnny Irish," Nicholas Potere and Joseph M. Florio, also known as "Whitey," Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided March 25, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Maurice Edelbaum, New York City (Lawrence K. Feitell, New York City, of counsel), for appellant John Franzese.

Philip Vitello, New York City (Lawrence K. Feitell, New York City, of counsel), for appellant Joseph M. Florio.

William L. Lynch, New York City, for appellant William David Crabbe.

Raymond A. Brown, Jersey City, N. J., for appellant John Matera.

Aaron J. Jaffe, Jaffe & Feldman, New York City, for appellant Nicholas Potere.

Jerome C. Ditore, Asst. U. S. Atty. (Joseph M. Hoey, U. S. Atty. for Eastern District of New York), for appellee.

Before FRIENDLY and SMITH, Circuit Judges, and GIGNOUX, District Judge.


FRIENDLY, Circuit Judge.

Five defendants, Franzese, Crabbe, Matera, Potere and Florio, appeal from convictions, after a verdict, in the District Court for the Eastern District of New York on two counts of an indictment, returned in April, 1966, charging robbery of two federal savings and loan associations on Long Island by placing lives in jeopardy in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2113(d), a count for receiving currency and...

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