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UNITED STATES v. ZOZLIO

Nos. 79-1353, 79-1354.

617 F.2d 314 (1980)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Harry J. ZOZLIO, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. James T. LAWRENCE, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided March 18, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kirk Y. Griffin, Boston, Mass., with whom Leo J. Dailey, Nolan & Dailey, Coventry, R. I., John Tramonti, Jr., Providence, R. I., and Griffin & Higgins, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for appellants.

Thomas D. Yannucci, Atty., U. S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., with whom Drew S. Days, III, Asst. Atty. Gen. and Walter W. Barnett, Washington, D. C., were on brief, for appellee.

Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, CAMPBELL and BOWNES, Circuit Judges.

LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge.

Following a jury trial before the District Court for the District of Rhode Island, Harry Zozlio and James Lawrence, officers of the Coventry, Rhode Island Police Department, were convicted of violating 18 U.S.C. §§ 241 and 242 for their use of force, threats of injury, and other improper means in questioning an individual after his arrest.* Appellants' principal contention is that their rights...

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