Legal Opinion
United States v. Forrest Gerry, Jr. And Richard Perry
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided March 28, 1975No. 548, 692, Dockets 74-2100, 74-2106PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LUMBARD, Circuit Judge:
Following an eleven-week jury trial in the Eastern District of New York, the appellants Forrest Gerry and Richard Perry were on May 31, 1974 convicted of influencing the outcome of harness races by bribery (count 1) and of conspiring to do so (count 2) in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 224. The indictment which set forth the charges against Gerry and Perry named twenty-eight individuals as defendants. Of these, two pled guilty; 1 five were severed; 2 the trial judge di rected verdicts of acquittal as to five; and, the jury acquitted fourteen. Only the two appellants were…
2Cases cited28 opinions
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- Giordano v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- United States v. Dennis Geaney and Vincent Russell LynchCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1969
- United States v. PolizziCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1974
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3Cited by39 opinions
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