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UNITED STATES v. ALFONSO

No. 75-3564.

552 F.2d 605 (1977)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Alfredo Fernandez "Chino" "Al" ALFONSO, Steve Guggino, Frank Fraterrigo Vega, Louis Henry "Dr.", "Bacardi" Figueredo, Sr., Sam Vaglica and Sam Castellano, Jr., and Henry "Mr. Garcia", "the Man" Trafficante, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied June 15, 1977.

Rehearing Denied July 11, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bennie Lazzara, Jr., Anthony F. Gonzalez, Tampa. Fla., for Alfonso.

Thomas J. Hanlon, III, Tampa, Fla. (Court appointed), for Guggino.

Virgil M. Wheeler, Jr., New Orleans, La., Henry Gonzalez, Tampa, Fla., for Trafficante.

Ralph W. Rinehart, Tampa, Fla. (Court appointed), for Vega.

Everett Q. Jones, Tampa, Fla. (Court appointed), for Figueredo.

John S. Matthews, Tampa, Fla., for Vaglica and Castellano.

John L. Briggs, U. S. Atty., Jacksonville, Fla., Robert J. Erickson, Vincent R. Alto, Sp. Atty., Mervyn Hamburg, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before BROWN, Chief Judge, AINSWORTH, Circuit Judge, and JAMESON, District Judge.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied June 15, 1977.

JAMESON, District Judge:

The seven appellants were convicted, following a jury trial, of conspiracy (Count I) and the operation of an illegal gambling business (Count II), in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 371 and 1955.1 Upon consideration of the numerous alleged errors urged by the appellants, we find no reversible error and affirm.

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