United States v. Barone

BOWNES, Senior Circuit Judge.

Defendant-appellant Pasquale G. “Patsy” Barone and seven co-defendants were charged in a sixty-five-count superseding indictment with a variety of RICO 1 and other offenses. The indictment charged Barone with RICO conspiracy in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1962(d) (Count One); the underlying substantive RICO offense in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1962(c) (Count Two); conspiracy to commit the murder of Vincent James “Jimmy” Limoli, Jr. in aid of racketeering (Count Three), and the murder of Limoli in aid of racketeering (Count Four), both in violation of 18 U.S.C. §…