United States v. Alfred Ponticelli, Civ. A. 77-3785

GORDON THOMPSON, Jr., District Judge:

A jury convicted Ponticelli of two counts of making a false declaration before a grand jury in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1623 (1976), and the court sentenced him to a year and a day in custody on each count, the terms to run concurrently. We have jurisdiction over this appeal under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 (1976). Finding no reversible error, we affirm. The facts of the case will be discussed in relation to Ponticelli’s objections on appeal.

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Ponticelli’s principal attack on his conviction is that the evidence is insufficient to support the jury’s verdicts. The…