UNITED STATES v. TOSCANINO

No. 746, Docket 73-2732.

500 F.2d 267 (1974)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Francisco TOSCANINO, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided May 15, 1974.

As Amended on Denial of Rehearing August 21, 1974.

Rehearing En Banc Denied October 8, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ivan S. Fisher, New York City (Alan Scribner, Krieger, Fisher, Metzger & Scribner, New York City, of counsel), for appellant.

Thomas P. Puccio, Asst. U. S. Atty. (Edward J. Boyd, V, U. S. Atty., E. D. N. Y., L. Kevin Sheridan, Asst. U. S. Atty., Brooklyn, N. Y., of counsel), for appellee.

Before ANDERSON, MANSFIELD and OAKES, Circuit Judges.


MANSFIELD, Circuit Judge:

Francisco Toscanino appeals from a narcotics conviction entered against him in the Eastern District of New York by Chief Judge Jacob Mishler after a jury trial. Toscanino was sentenced to 20 years in prison and fined $20,000. He contends that the court acquired jurisdiction over him unlawfully through the conduct of American agents who kidnapped him in Uruguay, used illegal electronic surveillance, tortured him and abducted him to the United...

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