U.S. v. DESPOSITO

Docket No. 11-2634-cr.

704 F.3d 221 (2013)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Sonny DESPOSITO, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: January 11, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sarah Rebecca Krissoff , Assistant United States Attorney ( Margery Feinzig , Iris Lan , Assistant United States Attorneys, on the brief), for Preet Bharara, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, New York, NY, for Appellee.

Stephen Neal Preziosi , Law Office of Stephen N. Preziosi PC, New York, NY, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before: CABRANES, CHIN, and CARNEY, Circuit Judges.


CHIN, Circuit Judge:

On January 23, 2009, defendant-appellant Sonny Desposito set a car on fire at a residence in Chestnut Ridge, New York. Then, with the police distracted by the fire, he robbed the M & T Bank, stealing approximately $10,000. After his arrest, he sent a series of letters from jail seeking to persuade a relative and a friend to create falsified evidence he hoped would raise a reasonable doubt at trial. The letters were intercepted and turned over...

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