Legal Opinion
United States v. Norman Weissman, Joseph F. Maimone, A/K/A "Tony", S. Joseph Santoro, A/K/A "Hollywood Joe"
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided April 30, 1990No. 89-5242PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FAY, Circuit Judge:
Appellants Joseph Maimone, Joseph San-toro and Norman Weissman were convicted by a jury of RICO conspiracy. Among their several challenges to their respective convictions, all appellants contend that the trial judge erred in instructing the jury on the enterprise element of the crime of RICO conspiracy so that the jury could have convicted appellants on the basis of appellants’ involvement in some enterprise other than the enterprise described by the indictment. Because we find that the jury instruction given by the trial court constructively amended the grand jury…
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