United States v. Stamp

TAMM, Circuit Judge:

In this case the six defendants, Walter R. Reynolds, Bertram G. Dienelt, Jr., Harlan E. Freeman, R. Marbury Stamp, A. Claiborne Leigh and E. Neil Rogers, were tried by a jury on a 13-count indictment in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. With the *762single exception of Dienelt they were all found guilty on each of the 13 counts of the indictment. The first count charged that, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371 (1964), the appellants and two other defendants1 conspired to violate D.C.Code § 22-1301 (1967) (false pretenses) and D.C.Code § 22-1401 (1967)…