UNITED STATES v. STRAUSS

Nos. 71-1036 to 71-1039.

443 F.2d 986 (1971)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Lewis M. STRAUSS, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Ilario ZANNINO, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Joseph P. BALLIRO, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Peter LIMONE, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

As Amended June 22, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis J. DiMento, Boston, Mass., with whom DiMento & Sullivan, Boston, Mass., Robert V. Mulkern, and Fusaro & Fusaro, Worcester, Mass., were on brief, for appellants, Ilario Zannino and Peter Limone.

David Berman, Medford, Mass., with whom Zamparelli & White, Medford, Mass., was on brief, for appellant, Lewis M. Strauss.

Joseph J. Balliro, Boston, Mass., with whom Jay Merrill Forgotson, Boston, Mass., was on brief, for appellant, Joseph P. Balliro.

Edward F. Harrington, Special Atty., Dept. of Justice, with whom Herbert F. Travers, Jr., U. S. Atty., and Sidney M. Glazer, Atty., Dept., of Justice, were on brief, for appellee.

Before ALDRICH, Chief Judge, McENTEE and COFFIN, Circuit Judges.


McENTEE, Circuit Judge.

The four defendants in these cases were convicted by a jury of transporting goods in interstate commerce knowing the same to have been stolen, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2314 and 18 U.S.C. § 2.1 The evidence adduced at trial indicated that defendants Balliro and Strauss actually transported the goods in question and that defendants Zannino and Limone aided and abetted the commission of the offense.

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