UNITED STATES v. NOLAN

No. 27241.

420 F.2d 552 (1969)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Joseph Lee NOLAN a/k/a "Jo Jo" Nolan, and Samuel F. Comeaux a/k/a "Freddie" Comeaux, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

December 29, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Guy Johnson, New Orleans, La., Robert L. Kleinpeter, Baton Rouge, La., for appellants.

Louis C. LaCour, U. S. Atty., Horace P. Rowley, Julian R. Murray, Jr., Asst. U. S. Attys., New Orleans, La., for appellee.

Before GOLDBERG, DYER and CARSWELL, Circuit Judges.


CARSWELL, Circuit Judge:

On this appeal, appellants, Nolan and Comeaux, contend that they were deprived of a fair trial because the trial judge denied their requests for discovery of extensive wiretap and electronic eavesdrop material until after trial; because the government failed to sustain its burden of establishing lack of taint; and because the trial judge failed to give instructions to the jury on the defense of entrapment. Having carefully considered each...

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