Legal Opinion

United States v. Richard T. Pellegrino and William Walter Price

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided April 2, 1973No. 177, Docket 72-1122PublishedCited by 38 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OAKES, Circuit Judge:

Following a jury trial appellants were convicted of violating 18 U.S.C. § 2314 for transporting jewelry stolen from a shop in Shelby, North Carolina, to Bridgeport, Connecticut. Their principal contention on this appeal relates to the extent of the district judge’s interjections into the conduct of the trial. Cf. United States v. Cruz, 455 F.2d 184 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 406 U.S. 918, 92 S.Ct. 1769, 32 L.Ed.2d 117 (1972).

Appellants argue that the trial judge’s numerous interruptions of their counsel’s cross-examination of the principal Government witness, one Saia,…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Pereira v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
  2. United States v. Ralph 'Whitey' Tropiano, Lawrence R. Pellegrino and William Grasso,defendants-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1969
  3. United States v. BrandtCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1952
  4. United States v. Peter Columbus Curry, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1966
  5. United States v. TrocheCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1954

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3Cited by38 opinions

  1. United States v. Carlos Manuel Parodi, United States of America v. Edwin Barton Conway, United States of America v. Robert Lee LawsCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1983
  2. United States v. NataleCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1975
  3. United States v. WilliamsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1979
  4. United States v. James Henry Rollins, A/K/A "Lee Evans"Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1975
  5. United States v. Joseph R. PisaniCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1985

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