Legal Opinion
United States v. Merlino
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided January 15, 2010No. 02-1712, 03-1039, 07-2379PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HANSEN, Circuit Judge.
William Merlino and his three codefendants, Carmello Merlino (William’s uncle), David Turner, and Stephen Rossetti, were charged with violating the Hobbs Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1951, and with carrying firearms in relation to a crime of violence, 18 U.S.C. § 924(c), after the FBI foiled their planned robbery of the Loomis Fargo armored car facility in Easton, Massachusetts. A jury found the defendants guilty, but the district court granted William Merlino a judgment of acquittal on count three, one of the § 924(c) counts. He appeals his convictions on the other counts on the…
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