UNITED STATES v. CHESTNUT

No. 316, Docket 75-1268.

533 F.2d 40 (1976)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Jack L. CHESTNUT, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided March 8, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eugene F. Bannigan, Asst. U. S. Atty., S. D. N. Y., Great Neck, N. Y. (Paul J. Curran, U. S. Atty., Robert Gold, John D. Gordan, III, Asst. U. S. Attys., S. D. N. Y., New York City, of counsel), for appellee.

Jack S. Nordby, Saint Paul, Minn. (Douglas W. Thomson, Thomson, Wylde & Nordby, John A. Cochrane, Cochrane & Bresnahan, Saint Paul, Minn., of counsel), for appellant.

Before WATERMAN, OAKES and MESKILL, Circuit Judges.


MESKILL, Circuit Judge:

Jack L. Chestnut appeals from a judgment of conviction of causing another to accept and receive an illegal corporate campaign contribution in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 610, 2.1 After a four day trial before Edward Weinfeld, District Judge, the jury returned a guilty verdict. On June 25, 1975, Chestnut was sentenced to four months in prison and fined $5,000.

Appellant Chestnut offers six...

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