Legal Opinion
United States v. Anthony A. Spagnolo, Jr., United States of America v. Anthony J. Falvo, United States of America v. Benjamin A. Fusco
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided December 10, 1976No. 76-1163 to 76-1165PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Per curiam
The defendants appeal their convictions under an indictment which charged in one count all three defendants with extortion in violation of § 1951, 18 U.S.C., and which in another count charged Spagnolo and Falvo with obstruction of justice in violation of § 1503, 18 U.S.C. We affirm.
The evidence of the Government established that the defendant Spagnolo, assisted by his co-defendants Falvo and Fusco, concocted a plan, whereby Falvo and Fusco, who, dressed in typical gangster attire, 1 posing as “Sicilians” imported by Spagnolo “for a job,” and armed, one with a sawed-off shotgun and the other…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Paul John Carbo, Frank Palermo, Joseph Sica, Louis Tom Dragna, and Truman K. Gibson, Jr. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1963
- Giordano v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- United States v. Anthony ProvenzanoCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1964
- United States v. Casimir StaszcukCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1975
- United States v. Joseph AmabileCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1968
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3Cited by26 opinions
- United States v. Egidio Cerilli, in No. 78-2105. Maylan Yackovich, in No. 78-2106. John Shurina, in No. 78-2107. Ralph Buffone, in No. 78-2439Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1979
- United States v. Harold Richman, United States of America v. George PappasCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1979
- United States v. Wesley Bernard WilliamsCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2003
- United States v. George Joseph Santoni, United States of America v. John Jake Konstantine JakubikCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1978
- United States v. Kenneth E. BaileyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1993
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