United States v. Marcello

SEAR, District Judge.

Introduction

Following their convictions in this federal criminal prosecution, defendants Carlos Marcello and Charles E. Roemer, II, moved for judgments of acquittal or, in the alternative, for a new trial on a number of grounds. After considering the extensive memoranda submitted by counsel and the oral argument presented at the hearing of December 14, 1981, in light of the substantial record of the case and the voluminous evidence adduced at trial, I denied the defendants’ motions, ruling orally from the bench. At the same time, I also denied four motions which had been…