Legal Opinion
United States v. Francisco Toscanino
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided October 8, 1974No. 746, Docket 73-2732PublishedCited by 285 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MANSFIELD, Circuit Judge:
Francisco Toscanino appeals from a narcotics conviction entered against him in the Eastern District of New York by Chief Judge Jacob Mishler after a jury trial. Toscanino was sentenced to 20 years in prison and fined $20,000. He contends that the court acquired jurisdiction over him unlawfully through the conduct of American agents who kidnapped him in Uruguay, used illegal electronic surveillance, tortured him and abducted him to the United States for the purpose of prosecuting him here. We remand the case to the district court for further proceedings in which the…
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