UNITED STATES v. STOFSKY

Nos. 4-7, Dockets 74-1860, 74-1869, 75-1247 and 75-1253.

527 F.2d 237 (1975)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. George STOFSKY et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided November 7, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elkan Abramowitz, New York City (Michael R. Sonberg, Weiss, Rosenthal Heller & Schwartzman, Paul K. Rooney, Elliot L. Evans, Rooney & Evans, New York City, of counsel), for appellants Stofsky and Gold.

Leonard B. Boudin, New York City (Eric M. Lieberman, Michael Krinsky, Rabinowitz, Boudin & Standard, Stephen Barasch, New York City, of counsel), for appellants Hoff and Lageoles.

John C. Sabetta, Asst. U. S. Atty. (Paul J. Curran, U. S. Atty., S. D. N. Y., V. Thomas Fryman, Jr., Lawrence B. Pedowitz, John D. Gordan, III, Asst. U. S. Atty., New York City, of counsel), for appellee.

Before LUMBARD, MANSFIELD and TIMBERS, Circuit Judges.


MANSFIELD, Circuit Judge:

Once again in the wake of the discovery that a government witness committed perjury at trial we are called upon to strike a fair balance between the need for both integrity and finality in criminal prosecutions. Because we conclude that the perjury in issue is not of such significance as to have unfairly tainted defendants' convictions and find no merit in appellants' other points on appeal, we affirm.

On June 21, 1973, a federal...

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