UNITED STATES v. KAVAZANJIAN

Nos. 79-1243, 79-1244.

623 F.2d 730 (1980)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Edward KAVAZANJIAN, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Mourad AVEDISSIAN, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided June 27, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel Riesel, New York City, with whom Lawrence R. Sandak, and Winer, Neuburger & Sive, New York City, were on brief, for appellant, Edward Kavazanjian.

Marshall F. Newman, Boston, Mass., by appointment of the court, with whom Newman & Newman, P. C., Boston, Mass., was on brief, for appellant, Mourad Avedissian.

Alan D. Rose, Asst. U. S. Atty., Boston, Mass., with whom Edward F. Harrington, U. S. Atty., Boston, Mass., was on brief, for appellee.

Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, BOWNES, Circuit Judge, and WYZANSKI, Senior District Judge.


BOWNES, Circuit Judge.

Following a jury trial in the District Court for the District of Massachusetts, appellants Edward Kavazanjian and Mourad Avedissian were convicted under 18 U.S.C. § 371 of conspiring both to defraud, and to commit offenses against, the United States and under 8 U.S.C. § 1324 of encouraging or inducing the entry into this country of aliens not lawfully entitled to enter or reside here. We conclude that an error of law tainted the indictment...

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