Legal Opinion
United States v. Stanley Stahl
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided January 22, 1980No. 262, Docket 79-1218PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
VAN GRAAFEILAND, Circuit Judge:
This is an appeal from a judgment following a jury trial in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, in which appellant was convicted of conspiring and aiding and abetting in the bribery of a government employee (26 U.S.C. § 7214(a)(2)). Appellant’s principal contention is that prejudicial prosecutorial misconduct deprived him of a fair trial. Because the record amply supports that contention, we reverse the judgment of the district court and remand for a new trial.
THE FACTS
In 1970, Max Stahl died and his son, Stanley Stahl, the…
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