WALLACE v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 21134-21136.

412 F.2d 1097 (1969)

Lawrence F. WALLACE, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee. Thomas J. DONOHUE, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee. Benjamin H. BOWIE, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided May 6, 1969.

Petition for Rehearing Denied July 2, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Ira M. Lowe, Washington, D. C., for appellant in No. 21,134.

Mr. Walter E. Gillcrist, Washington, D. C., for appellant in No. 21,135.

Mr. H. Clifford Allder, Washington, D. C., for appellant in No. 21,136.

Mr. William M. Cohen, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Messrs. David G. Bress, U. S. Atty., Frank Q. Nebeker and Harold J. Sullivan, Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee. Mr. Thomas Lumbard, Asst. U. S. Atty., also entered an appearance for appellee in Nos. 21,135 and 21,136.

Before McGOWAN, TAMM and LEVENTHAL, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

In November, 1965, Robert Earl Barnes, a professional burglar, now serving a substantial sentence in a federal penitentiary, testified before a grand jury that several members of the District of Columbia Metropolitan Police Department had accepted bribes in return for protecting him from arrest and prosecution for plying his trade. Following the return of indictments on April 22, 1966, and an eight-week trial beginning January 5, 1967, appellant police...

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