United States v. Cohen

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

BECHTLE, District Judge.

Defendants Robert Baer Cohen (“Cohen”) and Reynold Yannessa (“Yannessa”) were charged in a 20-count indictment with viola tions of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (“RICO”), 18 U.S.C. § 1961 et seep, and a series of other crimes which formed the pattern of racketeering activity upon which the RICO charges were based. 1 On March 23, 1978, after a joint trial which lasted three weeks, the jury returned a verdict of guilty against Cohen on eleven of the thirteen counts in which he was charged. He was acquitted on Counts 5 and 11.…