United States of America Ex Rel. Burton N. Pugach v. Hon. Vincent R. Mancusi, Warden, Attica State Prison, Attica, New York’s Empirical Analysis

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9 federal appellate · 3 state decisions

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1. ““Since the State does not seek to sustain the sufficiency of the affidavit, which both Judge Foley, United States ex rel. Pugach v. Herold, 212 F.Supp. 828 (N.D. N.Y.1962) and Judge Bonsai, unreported, S.D.N.Y., 67 Civ. 365, April 12, 1967, have condemned, Pugach is entitled to a hearing at which the State may show, if it can, that the judge had other sufficient information before him either when the bugging was initially authorized or on the extensions of the authority.” United States ex rel. Pugach v. Maneusi, 411 F.2d 177, 180 (2d Cir. 1969), cert. denied, 396 U.S. 889 , 90 S.Ct. 172 , 24 L.Ed.2d 163 (1969).”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. United States Ex Rel. Pugach v. Mancusi · United States ex rel. Gaugler v. Brierley

2. ““I said to Burton Pugacli that I was aware of the facts of the Linda Riss case, that I knew Joe Louis, which is Heard Harden, A1 Newkirk and Preacher McMillian, and that I knew that he hired these three men to blind Linda Riss and that all the other information that I knew was enough to put him in jail and if he did not give me $10,000, I was going to the police with this information. He told me, Burton Pugach told me that he didn’t know what I was talking about and he denied having any knowledge of this and ordered me out of his office or he was going to call the police. I, in turn, told him, ‘Go right ahead and call the police and I will sit her[e] and we will all greet them together,’ and he says, ‘Well, I tell you what I will do. I will give you $300. That’s all the money I have. I will give you $300 right now because I don’t want any bad publicity and we will forget about it,’ and I told him that I did not want the $300; I wanted $10,-000 or nothing or I am going to the police. He told me to please give him, don’t go to the police, even though he said, ‘I had nothing to do with this,’ he said, ‘Don’t go to the police. Give me a couple of days to raise a little more money and think this over and we will talk again.’ ” Trial transcript at 1743-44. Subsequently, when asked what observations he made of petitioner at the time of the conversation, he testified: “He turned pale, perspired in his face and he slumped all the way down in his chair, hanging to the side like this, l”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. United States Ex Rel. Pugach v. Mancusi