Legal Opinion
United States v. Anthony Frank Gaggi, Henry Borelli, Peter Lafroscia, Ronald Ustica, Edward Rendini and Ronald Turekian
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided January 21, 1987No. 164 to 169, Dockets 86-1171 to 86-1174 & 86-1184 to 86-1186PublishedCited by 120 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARDAMONE, Circuit Judge:
This appeal presents a trial record of a malevolent group of defendants, in the accomplishment of whose violent conspiracies no one was suffered to stand in the way. The problems raised by their trial are varied and complex, not merely on account of the number of those accused, but because two events — one unexpected, one designed — complicated the proceedings immeasurably. Unanticipated was the mur der of defendant Paul Castellano on the streets of New York City, during the trial. The planned action was the government's decision to indict two defendants for…
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