Legal Opinion
United States v. Anthony Disalvo, in No. 93-1442. United States of America v. Robert F. Simone, in No. 93-1463
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided September 29, 1994No. 93-1442, 93-1463PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
MANSMANN, Circuit Judge.
In this consolidated appeal of Anthony Di-Salvo and Robert F. Simone, we examine the appellants’ affiliation with the hierarchy of the Philadelphia La Cosa Nostra (LCN) to determine whether their proven participation in LCN activities is sufficient to sustain their convictions on various offenses.
Following a jury trial in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, both DiSalvo and Simone were convicted of conspiring to collect a debt by extortionate means and of the substantive offense of extortionate collection of an…
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