Legal Opinion

United States v. Addonizio

Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Decided September 16, 1971No. Nos. 19295, 19391-19393PublishedCited by 210 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

ROSENN, Circuit Judge.

Appellants, along with eleven others,1 were named as defendants in an indictment containing one count charging a conspiracy to interfere with interstate commerce by means of extortion, and sixty-five counts charging substantive acts of extortion pursuant to the conspiracy, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1951 (the Hobbs Act).2 After a trial of seven *54weeks, the jury returned a guilty verdict against all the appellants on the conspiracy count and all but two substantive counts.3 On September 22, 1970, Addon-izio, Biancone and La Morte were each sentenced to…

2Cases cited64 opinions

  1. Glasser v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
  2. Bruton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  3. Pointer v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  4. Irvin v. DowdSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
  5. California v. GreenSupreme Court of the United States · 1970

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3Cited by210 opinions

  1. United States v. Richard P. Console, United States of America v. Morton Markoff, D.O., United States of America v. Edward C. CurcioCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1993
  2. United States of America, in No. 81-1020 v. Jannotti, Harry P. United States of America, in No. 81-1021 v. Schwartz, George XCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1982
  3. United States v. AdamsCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1985
  4. State v. Van TranTennessee Supreme Court · 1993
  5. State v. StepneySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1983

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