UNITED STATES v. O'CONNELL

Nos. 81-1222, 81-1223 and 81-1648.

703 F.2d 645 (1983)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. William J. O'CONNELL, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Richard CROSSMAN, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided April 1, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Geline W. Williams, Boston, Mass., by appointment of the Court, with whom Kirk Y. Griffin, and Griffin & Higgins, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for Richard Crossman.

Henry D. Katz, Boston, Mass., for William J. O'Connell.

Paul F. Healy, Jr., Asst. U.S. Atty., Boston, Mass., with whom William F. Weld, U.S. Atty., Boston, Mass., was on brief, for appellee.

Before CAMPBELL, Chief Judge, ALDRICH and BREYER, Circuit Judges.


BREYER, Circuit Judge.

After a jury trial, appellants William O'Connell and Richard Crossman were convicted of conspiring to receive and possess, and of receiving and possessing, goods (namely, jewelry) stolen from an interstate air carrier shipment. 18 U.S.C. §§ 371, 659. Crossman was also convicted of perjury before the grand jury investigating the theft. 18 U.S.C. § 1623. And, after a separate trial, Crossman was convicted of forcibly assaulting...

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