Legal Opinion

United States v. Bernard G. Decoito and Francisco Tagalicod, Jr., United States of America v. Bernard G. Decoito

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided June 27, 1985No. 84-1018, 84-1136PublishedCited by 26 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

DUNIWAY, Circuit Judge:

DeCoito and Tagalicod appeal from their conviction of violating 18 U.S.C. § 241 (Conspiracy against the rights of one Scott Sabey), § 242 (Depriving Sabey of rights under color of law) and § 1623 (Making false declarations before a grand jury). We affirm.

I. Facts.

Appellants DeCoito and Tagalicod are officers of the Honolulu Police Department. At their trial, Sabey and military police officer Brian Overling testified to the following: On the evening of November 21, 1980, Sabey ran his car into an MP, knocked him down and fled the scene. Around midnight he was arrested on…

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