United States v. Ronald James Ciambrone

AMENDED OPINION

NORRIS, Circuit Judge:

Appellant Ronald J. Ciambrone appeals his conviction for misprison of felony, 18 U.S.C. § 4 (1982). 1 Because we conclude that Ciambrone did not take an affirmative step to conceal a crime, his conviction must be reversed.

FACTS

On July 5, 1983, Agent Earl Devaney of the United States Secret Service, received a telephone call from someone identifying himself as “Becker”, later found to be Ciambrone. Devaney was informed that “something of interest” was being placed in the night book return of the public library in a nearby shopping mall. He was told that, if…