UNITED STATES v. STEINBERG

Nos. 373, 374, Dockets 76-1253, 76-1258.

551 F.2d 510 (1977)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Fred STEINBERG and Dennis Riese, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided March 7, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence Iason, Asst. U. S. Atty., New York City (Robert B. Fiske, Jr., U. S. Atty. for S. D. N. Y., and Elkan Abramowitz, Chief, Crim. Div., New York City, on the brief), for appellee.

Joyce Krutick Barlow, New York City (Barlow, Katz & Barlow, New York City, on the brief), for Steinberg.

Milton S. Gould, New York City (Shea, Gould, Climenko & Casey, Ronald H. Alenstein and John J. Grimes, New York City, on the brief), for Riese.

Before LUMBARD and VAN GRAAFEILAND, Circuit Judges, and BONSAL, District Judge.


LUMBARD, Circuit Judge:

Fred Steinberg and Dennis Riese appeal from judgments of convictions entered on May 21, 1976 by Judge Inzer B. Wyatt of the Southern District following an eight-day jury trial. Their principal claim on appeal is that they were victims of entrapment and should have been acquitted as a matter of law. We affirm the convictions.

Counts 2 through 7 of the indictment charged Steinberg and Riese with offering bribes to public officials in...

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