Legal Opinion

United States v. Valenti

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided March 11, 1943No. 162PublishedCited by 60 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CLARK, Circuit Judge.

Appellant, Frank Valenti, was indicted with twenty others for a conspiracy to violate the internal revenue laws between January 15, 1935, and August 31, 1941. Of those indicted, five for various reasons were not brought to trial, seven pleaded guilty, four were acquitted, and four, including appellant, were convicted by a jury. Appellant alone has appealed. He challenges the sufficiency of the evidence and also the admissibility of an answer made by a government witness on cross-examination.

At the trial the government produced extensive and convincing evidence of a…

2Cases cited25 opinions

  1. Braverman v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
  2. United States v. FalconeSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
  3. United States v. MantonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1938
  4. United States v. FalconeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1940
  5. United States v. BeckerCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1933

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3Cited by60 opinions

  1. United States v. BarnesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1979
  2. State v. MayberrySupreme Court of New Jersey · 1968
  3. United States v. GrunewaldCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1956
  4. John T. Dirring v. United States of America, (Two Cases)Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1964
  5. United States v. Frank CostelloCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1955

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