Legal Opinion
United States v. Virgil Alessi
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided November 15, 1976No. 1197, 1198, Dockets 76-1189, 76-3025PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FRIENDLY, Circuit Judge.
On or about June 30, 1972, a witness disappeared. The ensuing events have come to plague the district courts for the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York and this court as well. We now have the third case this year in which this court must consider the bearing of what then happened.
The witness was a central figure in the case developed by Eastern District Strike Force Attorney James Druker to prove the allegations embodied in Eastern District indictment 72 Cr. 473. That indictment charged, among other matters, a conspiracy to violate the federal narcotics laws…
2Cases cited42 opinions
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- Cohen v. Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Escobedo v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Santobello v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
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3Cited by41 opinions
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- United States v. Paul LevineCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1981
- United States v. George IngramCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1992
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