UNITED STATES v. WILSON

Nos. 83, 101, Dockets 73-1574, 73-1575.

488 F.2d 1231 (1973)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Thomas Joseph WILSON and Bobby Antonio Bryan, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided November 28, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sheila Ginsberg, New York City (Robert Kasanof, The Legal Aid Society, New York City, on the brief), for appellant Wilson.

Herbert Ira Handman, New York City, for appellant Bryan.

Kenneth R. Feinberg, Asst. U. S. Atty. (Paul J. Curran, U. S. Atty. for the Southern District of New York, John D. Gordan III, Asst. U. S. Atty., on the brief), for appellee.

Before LUMBARD, FRIENDLY and FEINBERG, Circuit Judges.


FEINBERG, Circuit Judge:

Thomas Joseph Wilson and Bobby Antonio Bryan appeal from judgments of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Morris E. Lasker, J., finding them guilty of criminal contempt for refusing to testify in the trial of Robert Joel Anderson for armed bank robbery. Both Wilson and Bryan were sentenced by Judge Lasker to six months imprisonment. They challenge their contempt convictions, arguing that they had...

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