UNITED STATES v. LAZZERINI

No. 79-1246.

611 F.2d 940 (1979)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Barry LAZZERINI, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided December 28, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William A. Brown, with whom Brown & Webster, Boston, Mass., was on brief, for defendant, appellant.

David P. Twomey, Special Atty., Dept. of Justice, with whom Edward F. Harrington, U. S. Atty., and Jeremiah T. O'Sullivan, Special Atty., Dept. of Justice, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for appellee.

Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, BOWNES, Circuit Judge, CLARKE, District Judge.


COFFIN, Chief Judge.

Appellant, convicted after jury trial of "corruptly . . . endeavor[ing] to influence . . . [a] petit juror", in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1503, appeals on the ground of insufficiency of evidence. In reviewing the evidence, we of course accept the facts and reasonable inferences therefrom favorable to the government. Moreover, we take the appropriate legal standard of "corruptly endeavor" to be as stated recently by the Fourth Circuit in

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