Legal Opinion
United States v. Giacomo Reina, Joseph Valachi, Pasquale Moccio, Pasquale Pagano and Larry Quartiero
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided March 19, 1957No. 160, Docket 24321PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAND, Circuit Judge.
These are five appeals from convictions for conspiracy to sell heroin contrary to the statutes of the United States (sections 173 and 174 of Title 21 U.S.C.A. and sections 2553(a), 2554(a) and 2606 of Title 26 of U.S.C.). The evidence showed a conspiracy made up of many persons which had been in existence before any of the appellants were proved to have joined it. A number of other parties to it had already been convicted at the time of the trial, and the first and only important issue is whether the five appellants were shown to be parties to the general conspiracy. We…
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