Legal Opinion
United States v. Guy Giovannetti and Nicholas Janis
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 5, 1990No. 89-3651, 89-3678PublishedCited by 163 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
The government indicted fifteen men for offenses arising from their participation in an illegal gambling enterprise. Twelve of the defendants pleaded guilty, another absconded, and the remaining two, who are the appellants before us, went to trial and were convicted. Guy Giovannetti was convicted of racketeering (18 U.S.C. §§ 1962(c), (d)), conducting an illegal gambling business (18 U.S.C. § 1955) or aiding and abetting the conducting of such a business (18 U.S.C. § 2), and making false statements to federal agents (18 U.S.C. § 1001). He was sentenced to a total of 45…
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