Legal Opinion
United States v. Robert Spinelli
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided December 10, 2003No. Docket 99-1448PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CALABRESI, Circuit Judge.
This case arises out of the brutal 1992 shooting of Patricia Capozzalo (“Capozza-lo”), whose brother, Peter Chiodo (“Chio-do”), was a member of the Luchese crime family and was suspected by other members of cooperating with a government investigation. The defendant-appellant, Robert Spinelli (“Spinelli”), is the brother of Michael Spinelli (“Michael”), who served in Chiodo’s “crew” and sometimes acted as his bodyguard. Because Spinelli drove a second getaway car for the perpetrators of Capozzalo’s shooting, a jury convicted Spi-nelli of conspiracy to murder in aid of…
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3Cited by38 opinions
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