Legal Opinion
United States v. Steve Thomas, United States of America v. Frank Schullo and Anthony Petrangelo
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided April 28, 1975No. 73-1490, 73-1544PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRIGHT, Circuit Judge.
Appellants Steve Thomas, Frank Schullo, and Anthony Petrangelo were tried before a jury in the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota (the late Judge Philip Neville, presiding), and convicted of a single viola*1202tion of 18 U.S.C. § 1955,1 which prohibits conducting an “illegal gambling business.” This appeal followed.
At trial, the Government’s evidence consisted primarily of recordings of wiretapped conversations between the appellants and three co-defendants not then on trial — Messrs. Wolk, Capra, and Fish-man — who admittedly conducted an illegal…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- United States v. BrickCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1974
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3Cited by42 opinions
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- United States v. Frank ScavoCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1979
- United States v. Jerome Dimuro, United States of America v. Roland Lung, United States of America v. Victor Santarpio, United States of America v. Joseph Doherty and Thomas HurleyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1976
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