United States v. William Wright

SWYGERT, Circuit Judge.

Defendant, William Wright, appeals from a judgment sentencing him to a term of imprisonment. He was convicted by a jury on three counts of an eleven count indictment charging violation of the Federal Narcotic Laws. Two of these three counts charged defendant and one Michael Carioscia with receiving, concealing, facilitating the transportation of and selling a quantity of heroin in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 174, and 26 U.S.C. § 4705(a). The third count charged a conspiracy to violate § 174, supra, by defendant and codefendants Carioscia, Armando Pennacchio, and Ben…