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UNITED STATES v. BENTER

No. 514, Docket 71-2053.

457 F.2d 1174 (1972)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Philip BENTER, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided March 28, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Elliot Wales, New York City, N. Y., for appellant.

Edward R. Korman, Asst. U. S. Atty., Brooklyn, N. Y. (Robert A. Morse, U. S. Atty. for the E. D. N. Y., David G. Trager, Asst. U. S. Atty., on the brief), for appellee.

Before ANDERSON and OAKES, Circuit Judges, and CLARIE, District Judge.

OAKES, Circuit Judge:

This appeal is from a jury conviction in the Eastern District of New York, Leo F. Rayfiel, Judge, for conspiracy (18 U.S.C. § 371) to commit bribery as a United States Government employee, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 201(c). Appellant's principal claim is that he was prejudiced by the Government's summation, which included numerous references to him as "Honest Phil." At the close of the Government...

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