United States v. Pasquale Pagano

MEDINA, Circuit Judge.

This case involves another one of those cumulative sentences which we have so often criticized, but which we have no power to reverse in the absence of a finding of error in the conduct of the trial. United States v. Chiarella, 2 Cir., 1950, 184 F.2d 903, 911. Count IV of the indictment charges appellant, one Mauro and others with conspiracy, during the period from June 1 through June 23, 1954, to offer a bribe and to bribe an Internal Revenue employee; Count II charges appellant with the substantive offense of offering a bribe on June 22, 1954; and Count III charges…