UNITED STATES v. SMITH

Nos. 861, 872, Dockets 72-1405, 72-1515.

464 F.2d 1129 (1972)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jesse SMITH and Rocco Lauria, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided July 13, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eugene M. Propper, Washington, D. C. (Robert A. Morse, U. S. Atty., for the E. D. N. Y., Richard L. Shanley, Special Atty., Dept. of Justice, Roger Pauley, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., on the brief), for appellee.

Jonathan L. Rosner, New York City, for appellant Smith.

Marvin Zevin, Mineola, N. Y. (Bracken & Sutter, Mineola, N. Y., on the brief), for appellant Lauria.

Before FRIENDLY, Chief Judge, and LUMBARD and MULLIGAN, Circuit Judges.


MULLIGAN, Circuit Judge:

These are appeals from judgments of conviction entered in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York on April 5, 1972. Appellants Jesse Smith and Rocco Lauria were convicted of conspiring to use extortionate means to collect an extension of credit in violation of the federal loan sharking statute, 18 U.S.C. § 894,1 and each was sentenced...

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