UNITED STATES v. BECKERMAN

No. 648, Docket 74-2478.

516 F.2d 905 (1975)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Peter BECKERMAN, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided May 13, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Q. Carey, Asst. U. S. Atty. (Paul J. Curran, U. S. Atty., S. D. N. Y., Lawrence S. Feld, Asst. U. S. Atty., on the brief), for appellee.

Robert Polstein, New York City (Orans, Elsen & Polstein, New York City), for appellant Beckerman.

Before HAYS and FEINBERG, Circuit Judges, and HOLDEN, District Judge.


HOLDEN, District Judge:

The appellant, Peter Beckerman, was charged in a single count indictment with distributing and possessing with intent to distribute approximately 28 grams of cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 812, 841(a)(1), and 841(b)(1)(A) (1970). On May 10, 1974, after three days of trial before the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Constance B. Motley, J., the jury was dismissed without reaching a verdict after...

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