United States v. Andrew Gironda

Gironda was convicted, along with one Arlene Cohn, for violation of the federal narcotics laws, after a four day trial before Judge Weinfeld and a jury. We affirmed, 267 F.2d 312, and the Supreme Court denied certiorari, 361 U.S. 848, 80 S.Ct. 104, 4 L.Ed.2d 86. Gironda now seeks to have the sentence set aside, principally on the ground that at one stage in the trial his lawyer said he was not feel ing well, whereupon after a conference in the robing room the judge at his lawyer’s request ruled that he (Gironda) might have the benefit of objections made by counsel for a codefendant. This, he…