United States v. Mitchell Edelson, Jr.

On October 22,1975, the defendant-appellant Mitchell Edelson, Jr., was charged with violating 18 U.S.C. § 1623 by making false material statements to a federal grand jury that was investigating the involvement of one Vito Nicasio in the transfer of stolen securities. The Government’s evidence at trial consisted largely of seven taped conversations that had been recorded by an informant named Roger Camp. On the basis of these recordings, the trial court found the defendant guilty on April 4, 1977. From this judgment Edelson now appeals.

In the first of several arguments on appeal, Edelson…