HAMILTON v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 21889, 21892, 21894, 21895.

433 F.2d 526 (1970)

Robert HAMILTON, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee. Henry KLEIN, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee. Walter F. RIGGIN, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee. Earl W. TAVENNER, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided July 31, 1970.

Petition for Rehearing denied August 28, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Ira M. Lowe, Washington, D. C. (appointed by this court), for appellant in No. 21,889.

Mr. Bernard Margolius, Washington, D. C., for appellant in No. 21,892.

Mr. H. Clifford Allder, Washington, D. C., for appellants in Nos. 21,894 and 21,895.

Mr. Harold J. Sullivan, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Mr. David G. Bress, U. S. Atty. at the time the brief was filed, was on the brief, for appellee. Messrs. Thomas A. Flannery, U. S. Atty., and John A. Terry, Asst. U. S. Atty., also entered appearances for appellee.

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


J. SKELLY WRIGHT, Circuit Judge.

These cases involve four of 16 individuals charged with being members of a highly organized burglary ring in the greater Washington, D.C. area. During a 15-month period in 1964 and 1965, this organization, which included several Washington policemen, was allegedly responsible for several hundred burglaries involving more than two million dollars in stolen property. The four appellants here were each charged with1...

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