UNITED STATES v. BUFALINO

Nos. 636, 637, 663, Dockets 77-1438, 77-1444, and 77-1445.

576 F.2d 446 (1978)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Russell BUFALINO, Michael Sparber, and Herbert Jacobs, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided May 10, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barbara S. Jones, Asst. U. S. Atty., New York City (Robert B. Fiske, Jr., U. S. Atty., for S. D. New York, Audrey Strauss, Asst. U. S. Atty., New York, City, of counsel), for appellee.

Charles P. Gelso, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. (Wilfred L. Davis, New York City, of counsel), for defendant-appellant Bufalino.

William J. Gilbreth, New York City (James F. Haley, Jr., New York City, of counsel), for defendant-appellant Sparber.

Arnold E. Wallach, New York City, for defendant-appellant Jacobs.

Before HAYS, FEINBERG and MANSFIELD, Circuit Judges.


FEINBERG, Circuit Judge:

Russell Bufalino, Michael Sparber and Herbert Jacobs appeal from their convictions for using extortionate means to collect extensions of credit and conspiracy to commit that crime in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 894, following a jury trial before Judge Lasker of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.1 Appellants raise numerous points, principally that the judge should have granted...

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