UNITED STATES v. THOMPSON

No. 531, Docket 82-1271.

710 F.2d 915 (1983)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Frank THOMPSON, Jr., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided June 14, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank Askin, Newark, N.J. (Daniel H. Pollitt, Chapel Hill, N.C., Neal Rutledge, Washington, D.C., 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 TIMBERS, NEWMAN and PIERCE, Circuit Judges.


NEWMAN, Circuit Judge:

Former Congressman Frank Thompson, Jr. appeals from an order of the District Court for the Eastern District of New York (George C. Pratt, Judge)1 entered July 13, 1982, denying his motion for a new trial on bribery charges arising out of the Abscam investigation. Thompson's conviction was affirmed by this Court on September 3, 1982, United States v. Myers,

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