UNITED STATES v. WALSH

Nos. 76-1094 to 76-1096, 76-1100 and 76-1101.

544 F.2d 156 (1976)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Eric Steven WALSH et al., Appellants. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Jesse DAVIDSON, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Edward BISHOP, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Louis J. SUMMA, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Nicholas Anthony IACONA, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided October 21, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter G. Angelos and H. Russell Smouse, Baltimore, Md., for appellants in 76-1094 and 76-1095.

Michael S. Frisch, Asst. Federal Public Defender, Baltimore, Md. (Charles G. Bernstein, Federal Public Defender and Gerald M. Richman, Asst. Federal Public Defender, Baltimore, Md., on brief), for appellant in 76-1101.

Leslie L. Gladstone, Baltimore Md. [court-appointed counsel], for appellant in 76-1100 and for appellant in 76-1096.

Daniel M. Clements, Asst. U.S. Atty., Baltimore, Md. (Jervis S. Finney, U.S. Atty., Gerard P. Martin, Asst. U.S. Atty., Baltimore, Md., on brief), for appellee in 76-1094, 76-1095, 76-1096, 76-1100 and 76-1101.

Before BUTZNER, Circuit Judge, FIELD, Senior Circuit Judge, and WYZANSKI, Senior District Judge.


FIELD, Senior Circuit Judge:

A Runyonesque gambit at the Bowie Race Track on February 14, 1975, resulted in a very peculiar horse race and a thirteen count indictment by a federal grand jury. Subsequently, the appellants, Walsh,1 Gino, Feliciano and Davidson, all of whom were jockeys at Bowie, were convicted by a jury in the District Court of Maryland of conspiracy to commit sports bribery in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 224 and...

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