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UNITED STATES v. DIZDAR

Nos. 791, 947 and 948, Dockets 78-1007, 78-1020 and 78-1021.

581 F.2d 1031 (1978)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Vladimir DIZDAR, Jozo Brekalo and Marijan Buconjic, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided July 27, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James M. LaRossa, New York City (John W. Mitchell, New York City, of counsel), for defendant-appellant Vladimir Dizdar.

James St. Clair, Boston, Mass. (Hale & Dorr, Robert D. Keefe, Boston, Mass., of counsel), for defendants-appellants Buconjic and Brekalo.

Raymond A. Levites, Asst. U. S. Atty., New York City (Robert B. Fiske, Jr., U. S. Atty. for the Southern District of New York, Howard W. Goldstein and Audrey Strauss, Asst. U. S. Attys., New York City, of counsel), for appellee.

Before FEINBERG, MANSFIELD, and OAKES, Circuit Judges.

MANSFIELD, Circuit Judge:

Following an increase in acts of violence in various countries against foreign diplomats and representatives, Congress in 1972 passed legislation extending the protection of our federal criminal laws to designated categories of foreign officials, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1201, 1116(b), S.Rep. No. 92-1105, 92nd Cong.2nd Sess. (1972), reprinted in [1972] U.S.Code Cong. & Admin.News, p. 4316. The present appeal raises issues with respect to...

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