United States v. Meir Kahane

J. JOSEPH SMITH, Circuit Judge:

Appellant Kahane was sentenced in 1971 by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, Jack B. Weinstein, Judge, to fine and imprisonment for five years after pleading guilty to charges of conspiring to violate the federal Firearms Act. 18 U.S.C. § 371. However, execution of the sentence imposed was immediately suspended by the court and Kahane was placed on five years probation.

In 1975, Kahane admitted to violating the terms of his probation. The court accordingly revoked Kahane’s probation and reinstated the term of imprisonment.…