UNITED STATES v. MOTEN

Nos. 1206, 1207, 1212 to 1220, 1230 and 1231, Dockets 77-1085 to 77-1094, 77-1113, 77-1114, 77-1117 and 77-1119.

564 F.2d 620 (1977)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Frank MOTEN, Angel Rodriguez, William Hightower, Sidney Foster, Joseph Sampson, Lois Sampson, Yvonne Alvarez Schennault, Don Wilson, James Laws, Tommy Davis, John Morris, Lawrence Mitchell, Raphael Bonilla and Charles Cowpers, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided September 6, 1977.

Certiorari Denied November 14 and November 28, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel J. Beller, Asst. U. S. Atty. (Robert B. Fiske, Jr., U. S. Atty. for the Southern Dist. of New York, Lee S. Richards, Constance Cushman, Robert J. Jossen, Asst. U. S. Attys., New York City, of counsel), for appellee.

Edward M. Chikofsky, New York City (Ivan S. Fisher, New York City, of counsel), for defendant-appellant Moten.

Harold O. N. Frankel, New York City, for defendant-appellant Hightower.

Victor J. Herwitz, New York City, for defendant-appellant Foster.

Frederick H. Cohn, New York City, for defendant-appellant Joseph Sampson.

Hudson H. Reid, New York City, for defendant-appellant Lois Sampson.

Royal B. Martin, Jr., Chicago, Ill. (Harris, Burman & Sillets, Chicago, Ill., Ira M. Burman, Chicago, Ill., of counsel), for defendant-appellant Schennault.

Daniel J. Kornstein, New York City (Baer & McGoldrick, New York City), for defendant-appellant Wilson.

Howard J. Diller, New York City (Diller, Schmukler & Asness, New York City), for defendant-appellant Laws.

Nicholas Figueroa, New York City, for defendant-appellant Davis.

Martin E. Gotkin, New York City, for defendant-appellant Morris.

Irving Anolik, New York City, for defendant-appellant Mitchell.

Brian C. Baker, New York City (Greenfield & Baker, New York City), for defendant-appellant Bonilla.

William L. Richman, New York City, for defendant-appellant Cowpers.

Before LUMBARD, MULLIGAN and GURFEIN, Circuit Judges.


Certiorari Denied November 14 and November 28, 1977. See 98 S.Ct. 489, 531.

MULLIGAN, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal by 13 defendants1 from judgments of conviction entered on January 13, 21 and 31, 1977 in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York after a 14-week trial before Hon. Richard Owen, United States District Judge and a jury. The indictment was filed on April 5, 1976 charging the 13 appellants...

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