Legal Opinion
United States v. Salerno
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 28, 1991No. Nos. 1586-1601, Dockets 88-1464, 88-1470 to 88-1474, 88-1477, 88-1547; 90-1291, 90-1292, 90-1296, 90-1297, 90-1301, 90-1311, 90-1312 and 90-1351PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GEORGE C. PRATT, Circuit Judge:
I. INTRODUCTION
For better or for worse, our circuit in recent years seems to have been the locus for “megatrials”. See, e.g., Polizzi v. United States, 926 F.2d 1311, 1313 (2d Cir.1991) (“This appeal stems from what can only optimistically be called an aberration in the federal judicial system — the RICO megatrial”); United States v. Casamento, 887 F.2d 1141, 1149 (2d Cir.1989) (thirty-five defendants charged in RICO indictment, twenty-one defendants tried in joint trial lasting over seventeen months and involving roughly 275 witnesses), cert. denied, — U.S.-,…
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