UNITED STATES v. PERNO

No. 77-3822.

605 F.2d 432 (1979)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Howard Vincent PERNO, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

July 19, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edwin S. Saul, Encino, Cal., for defendant-appellant.

Harvey T. Oringher, U. S. Sp. Atty., Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before WRIGHT and TANG, Circuit Judges, and SOLOMON, District Judge.


EUGENE A. WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:

Perno was found guilty by a jury in state court of attempted murder and conspiracy to murder. One month later, before the state convictions had been reduced to sentence, he was tried in federal court for conspiracy to racketeer and unlawful use of explosives.

He moved the district court to preclude the introduction of his state convictions as evidence, stating he would be forced not...

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