UNITED STATES v. EDMONS

Nos. 876-882, Dockets 34266-34272.

432 F.2d 577 (1970)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Fred Junior EDMONS, also known as Dawud Abdul Rahman, Carlton Kelly, also known as Umar Abdur Rasheed, Lamon Hamp, also known as Muser Abdul Malik, Robert R. Williams, also known as Saloudin Abdul Salam, Eddie Gibson, also known as Safwan Abdullah, Eugene C. Spencer, also known as Husain Abdul Mahmood, Ronald Oliver, also known as Muhammad Abdul Lateef, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided October 5, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David G. Trager, Asst. U. S. Atty. (Edward R. Neaher, U. S. Atty., for the Eastern District of New York, Brooklyn, N. Y., and Daniel M. Armstrong, Asst. U. S. Atty., of counsel), for appellee.

Victor Rabinowitz, New York City, for defendants-appellants.

Before FRIENDLY, SMITH and HAYS, Circuit Judges.


FRIENDLY, Circuit Judge:

The appellants from this judgment of conviction after a verdict, in the District Court for the Eastern District of New York are Orthodox Moslems. They refer to themselves and each other by Arabic names, as their counsel also did on many occasions during the trial. The law enforcement officers who testified against them and the prosecutor generally used their Christian names. On appeal both counsel have done the latter save in the case of Carlton...

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