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UNITED STATES v. SILVESTRI

No. 1382, Docket 83-1068.

719 F.2d 577 (1983)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Joseph R. SILVESTRI, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided October 7, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Barry, Newark, N.J. (Alfred C. De Cotiis, George C. Frino, and De Cotiis & Phillips, West Orange, N.J., on brief), for defendant-appellant.

Lawrence H. Sharf, Sp. Counsel, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Raymond J. Dearie, U.S. Atty., Edward A. McDonald, Atty.-in-Charge, Organized Crime Strike Force, Brooklyn, N.Y., on brief), for appellee.

Before NEWMAN and WINTER, Circuit Judges, and MALETZ, Senior Judge.

NEWMAN, Circuit Judge:

Joseph R. Silvestri appeals from a January 28, 1983, judgment of the District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Jack B. Weinstein, Chief Judge) convicting him after a jury trial of bribery and related charges arising out of the Abscam investigation. For the reasons that follow we affirm.

I.

Silvestri, a New Jersey businessman, was originally indicted along with former Congressmen Frank Thompson, Jr. and John M. Murphy...

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