Legal Opinion

United States v. Sam Cagnina, A/K/A "Sam", "Fat Man", "Charles Lawton"

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Decided February 10, 1983No. 81-5709PublishedCited by 103 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

RONEY, Circuit Judge:

Sam Cagnina was convicted of a variety of crimes, including violation of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) statute, 18 U.S.C.A. § 1962(c), (d). On appeal he claims (1) the Government failed to prove the “enterprise” element of a RICO offense, (2) misjoinder, (3) the district court erred in admitting declarations by unindicted co-conspirators, (4) the district court erred in denying his request for the Government to produce prior testimony of witnesses, and (5) consecutive sentences should not have been imposed for the RICO conspiracy and the…

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