Legal Opinion
United States v. Louis Sposato
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 11, 1971No. 894_1PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BLUMENFELD, District Judge:
I
Louis Sposato was tried and convicted of perjury in 1969. We affirmed his conviction, 1 and the Supreme Court denied certiorari. 2 He now appeals from Judge Bryan’s order denying him a new trial, for which he had moved on the ground of newly discovered evidence. The evidence he relies on is the 1970 arrest of the Internal Revenue Agent who was the government’s chief witness against him at his 1969 perjury trial. The agent, Gerald Peden, was arrested pursuant to a complaint 3 charging that he had conspired with others to solicit bribes in return for being influenced…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Shotwell Manufacturing Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- United States v. JohnsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Larrison v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1928
- Mesarosh v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- United States v. Milton SilvermanCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1970
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3Cited by29 opinions
- United States v. George StofskyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1975
- United States v. StirlingCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1978
- United States of America, Appellee-Cross-Appellant v. Robert E. Spencer, Robert A. Bloomer, Jr., Defendant-Appellant-Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1993
- United States v. Bryan Canniff and John BenignoCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1975
- Henry Clay Burks v. Charles Egeler, Warden, People of the State of MichiganCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1975
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