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UNITED STATES v. CIRILLO

Nos. 676, 677, 684, 688, 730, 762, 763 and 796, Dockets 73-2426, 73-2615, 73-2554, 73-2796, 73-2555, 73-2644, 73-2645 and 73-2635.

499 F.2d 872 (1974)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Alphonse CIRILLO et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided May 7, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold Borg, Kew Gardens, N. Y. (Arnold E. Wallach, New York City, of counsel), for appellant Cirillo.

Stephen R. Laifer, Brooklyn, N. Y., for appellant Murphy.

Irving Sable, Far Rockaway, N. Y., for appellants Sorrentino and Cesare.

Jacob P. Lefkowitz, New York City, for appellant Venetucci.

Paul E. Warburgh, Jr., New York City (Kassner & Detsky, New York City, of counsel), for appellant Gutierrez.

Charles T. McKinney, New York City, for appellant Lilienthal.

Julius M. Wasserstein, Brooklyn, N. Y., for appellant Gaber.

Guy L. Heinemann, Asst. U. S. Atty. (Edward John Boyd, V, U. S. Atty. E. D. New York, Raymond J. Dearie, Asst. U. S. Atty., Brooklyn, N. Y., of counsel), for appellee.

Before MEDINA, MANSFIELD and OAKES, Circuit Judges.

MANSFIELD, Circuit Judge:

On this appeal we encounter a narcotic distribution conspiracy of the familiar "chain type" involving sophisticated suppliers, middlemen and customers who dealt in substantial amounts of heroin, conducting their business through use of coded narcotics trade language or jargon in which innocent phrases were used to describe heroin, prices and parties. After a jury trial before Judge Orrin G Judd of the Eastern District of New York all appellants...

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