United States v. James W. McGrath Jon N. English and Raymond D. Masciarelli

MULLIGAN, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from judgments of the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York (Munson, J.). The three appellants are among a number of defendants who were charged with conducting an illegal gambling operation in a multicount indictment filed on November 18, 1974. 1 Appellants Jon N. English and Raymond D. Masciarelli entered guilty pleas on June 22,1977 pursuant to a stipulation preserving their right to appeal from pretrial rulings. Appellant James W. McGrath was convicted on May 24,1977 after a jury trial.

The appellants appeal the denial…