Legal Opinion
United States v. John Gregory Ardito and Vincent Pollina
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided January 31, 1986No. 393,394, Docket 85-1271, 85-1272PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TIMBERS, Circuit Judge:
Appellants John Gregory Ardito and Vincent Pollina appeal from judgments of conviction entered July 11, 1985 in the District of Connecticut, T.F. Gilroy Daly, Chief Judge. Following a jury trial, appellants were convicted of conspiracy to obstruct justice, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 371, 1503 (1982).
We find that the principal issue on appeal arises from appellants’ assertion that the obstruction of justice statute, 18 U.S.C. § 1503, requires proof that appellants knew the proceeding they obstructed was a federal proceeding. We hold that § 1503 does not require the…
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