Legal Opinion
United States v. Simmons
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided January 11, 1991No. Nos. 473 to 484, Dockets 88-1504 to 88-1507, 88-1512, 88-1521 to 88-1525, 88-1529 and 88-1545PublishedCited by 156 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OAKES, Chief Judge:
This appeal continues several years of protracted litigation, which originated as a six-month narcotics, RICO and conspiracy trial of seventeen defendants, and which along the way has produced a panel, an en banc and a Supreme Court decision regarding the constitutionality of the federal criminal forfeiture statute, 21 U.S.C. § 853 (1988). See United States v. Monsanto, 836 F.2d 74 (2d Cir.1987), vacated, 852 F.2d 1400 (2d Cir.1988) (en banc), rev’d, 491 U.S. 600, 109 S.Ct. 2657, 105 L.Ed.2d 512 (1989).
Appellants were originally indicted and convicted for participating in a…
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