Legal Opinion
United States v. Angelo Mele
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 15, 1972No. 213-216, 236, 779-783, Dockets 71-1579, 1619, 1620, 1685 and 1875PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justice CLARK:
Appellants Mele, Beltempo, Cuomo and Coniglio along with Arthur Madonia, now deceased, were convicted by a jury on charges of violations of the narcotics laws. On appeal we remanded for a hearing on a motion for new trial based on newly discovered evidence. It is now here on second appeal with the Government having confessed to the covert use of one of the defendants as an informer, the covert excision of relevant Jencks Act 1 material from records given the defense and the concealment of impeaching evidence against its chief witness. This conduct compels us to direct a new…
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