UNITED STATES v. MYERS

Nos. 904 to 905, 906, 907, 840, 841 and 855, Dockets 81-1342 to 81-1347 and 81-1446.

692 F.2d 823 (1982)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Michael O. MYERS, Angelo J. Errichetti, Louis Johanson, and Howard L. Criden, Defendants-Appellants. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Frank THOMPSON, Jr. and John M. Murphy, Defendants-Appellants. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Raymond F. LEDERER, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided September 3, 1982.

Rehearing Denied November 17, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry F. Furst, Newark, N.J. (Henry F. Furst and Raymond A. Brown, Newark, N.J., on the brief), for defendant-appellant Errichetti.

John J. Duffy, Philadelphia, Pa. (Steven H. Gifis, Alan Dexter Bowman, Princeton, N.J., on the joint brief for Myers, Errichetti, and Johanson), for defendant-appellant Johanson.

Richard Ben-Veniste, Washington, D.C. (Ben-Veniste & Shernoff, Washington, D.C., on the brief), for defendant-appellant Criden.

Timothy J. Savage, Philadelphia, Pa., for defendant-appellant Lederer.

Daniel R. Pollitt, Chapel Hill, N.C., and Frank Askin, Newark, N.J. (Neal Rutledge, Washington, D.C., on the brief), for defendant-appellant Thompson.

Michael E. Tigar, Washington, D.C. (Samuel J. Buffone, Linda Huber, Tigar, Buffone & Doyle, Washington, D.C., on the brief), for defendant-appellant Murphy.

Edward Korman, U.S. Atty., and Lawrence Sharf, Sp. Atty., Brooklyn, N.Y. (Thomas P. Puccio, Atty-in-Charge, Organized Crime Strike Force, Edward A. McDonald, Sp. Atty., Gregory J. Wallance and Vivian Shevitz, Asst. U.S. Attys., Brooklyn, N.Y., on the briefs), for appellee.

Neil Jokelson, Philadelphia, Pa. (Rochelle Newman, Jokelson & Rosen, Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), for defendant-appellant Myers.

Before LUMBARD, FRIENDLY and NEWMAN, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing Denied in No. 81-1345 November 17, 1982.

NEWMAN, Circuit Judge:

In United States v. Myers, 635 F.2d 932 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 449 U.S. 956, 101 S.Ct. 364, 66 L.Ed.2d 221 (1980) (Myers I), we ruled that the Government had not violated the defendant's constitutional rights as a Member of Congress by requiring him to stand trial on charges of bribery arising out of an undercover "sting" operation...

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