Legal Opinion
United States v. Carmine Fatico, and Daniel Fatico
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 12, 1978No. 758, Docket 78-1003PublishedCited by 233 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OAKES, Circuit Judge:
This is an unusual interlocutory appeal by the United States from a unique order excluding evidence sought to be introduced at a sentencing hearing. The evidence, which revealed that the convicted defendants were connected to organized crime, was to be presented principally by an FBI agent’s testimony. The offer was made that he would testify that a reliable but confidential informant who is a member of the Carlo Gambino crime family told the agent that the defendants are members of that family. The testimony was excluded by the United States District Court for the…
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