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UNITED STATES v. SEGAL

Nos. 75-1534 and 75-1539.

534 F.2d 578 (1976)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Morris SEGAL and George Henry Hurst, Jr., Appellants in Nos. 75-1534 and 75-1539.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided April 7, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen A. Sheller, Pechner, Dorfman, Wolffe & Rounick, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellant, George Henry Hurst, Jr.

Marvin Comisky, Thomas A. Bergstrom, Blank, Rome, Klaus & Comisky, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellant, Morris Segal.

Robert E. J. Curran, U.S. Atty., J. Clayton Undercofler, III, First Asst. U.S. Atty., Walter S. Batty, Jr., Asst. U.S. Atty., Chief, App. Section, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellee.

Before SEITZ, Chief Judge, and VAN DUSEN and WEIS, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

WEIS, Circuit Judge.

Defendants were tried jointly and convicted of conspiracy and bribery of a public official in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 371 and 201(b)(2), arising out of the payment of money to an Internal Revenue agent to falsify a tax liability. We reverse the convictions and remand for a new trial because the voir dire examination of the jury panel and the cross-examination of the prosecution's witnesses were improperly...

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