Court Opinion

ID: 9446576
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-03 21:58:43.333213+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:30:42.226307
License: Public Domain

PRETTYMAN, Circuit Judge
(dissenting).
I think Frank was not deprived of a fair trial. The issue was whether Frank was an agent of the Dominican Republic (or of Trujillo). The Government proved that Frank told an F.B.I. agent he had met a man named Murphy only once. The Government proved that Murphy, with known Dominicans, was engaged in certain enterprises in this country, and it further proved that Frank was with these people in the initial stages of the enterprises. I think the Government employed legitimate trial tactics. That the enterprises were notorious and well-publicized could not deprive the Government of its right to prove that Frank had lied about his acquaintanceship with Murphy, who was connected with or engaged in behalf of the Dominican Republic. I would affirm the judgment.