UNITED STATES v. PUGLIESE

Nos. 1181, 1182, Dockets 85-1460, 85-1461.

805 F.2d 1117 (1986)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Giuseppe PUGLIESE and Pietro Pugliese, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided November 21, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ivan S. Fisher, New York City (Alan Scribner, New York City, of counsel), for defendants-appellants.

Ephraim Savitt, Asst. U.S. Atty., E.D.N.Y., Brooklyn, N.Y. (Reena Raggi, U.S. Atty., Allyne Ross, Asst. U.S. Atty., E.D.N.Y., of counsel), for appellee.

Before LUMBARD, CARDAMONE and WINTER, Circuit Judges.


CARDAMONE, Circuit Judge:

These appeals from judgments imposing in each case 30-year terms of imprisonment question whether the sentencing court's consideration of testimony regarding Pietro Pugliese at a sentencing proceeding before another judge comports with due process. Recognizing the long held necessity for a sentencing court to have vast discretion in order to individualize punishment, the Supreme Court, in Williams v. New York, 337 U...

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