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UNITED STATES v. PENTA

No. 72-1331.

475 F.2d 92 (1973)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Richard M. PENTA, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided March 7, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul F. Sweeney, Boston, Mass., for defendant, appellant.

Richard E. Bachman, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom James N. Gabriel, U. S. Atty., was on brief, for appellee.

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

COFFIN, Chief Judge.

In June, 1970, appellant Penta was convicted of fraudulently possessing and transferring counterfeit Federal Reserve Notes in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 472 and 473. His sole defense was that he was entrapped by an alleged government agent. We affirmed the conviction in December, 1970, in an unpublished memorandum and order. Subsequently, in May, 1972, in a post-conviction collateral proceeding, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court...

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