People v. Columbo

Appeal by four defendants, Columbo, Vario, Greenfeder and Marinacci, from judgments of the County Court, Suffolk County, rendered June 15, 1964 after a jury trial, convicting each of them of (a) conspiring to obstruct law enforcement; (b) offering to bribe a police officer; and (e) bribing a public officer (Penal Law, § 580, subd. 6; § 378). Defendants Columbo and Marinacci were sentenced to serve terms of 4 to 8 years on the bribery count, and were given suspended sentences on the other counts; defendant Greenfeder was sentenced to a term of 3 to 8 years on the bribery count, and was given…