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United States v. Benjamin Clemente, Joseph Demolfetto, Thomas Albunio, Pasquale D. Mirenda, Anthony Cassera, James Sharkey and Leonard Messana

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided April 20, 1994No. 182-184, 257, 185 and 186, Dockets 93-1024(L), 93-1164, 93-1187, 93-1209, 93-1222, 93-1223 and 93-1247PublishedCited by 59 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GEORGE C. PRATT, Circuit Judge:

Appellants Joseph Demolfetto, Thomas Al-bunio, Pasquale D. Mirenda, Anthony Cass-era, James Sharkey, and Leonard Messana appeal from judgments of conviction entered in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, I. Leo Glas-ser, Judge. After a ñve-week jury trial, all defendants were acquitted of RICO conspiracy, substantive RICO, and substantive Hobbs Act offenses; but the six defendants before us were convicted of conspiracy to commit extortion in violation of the Hobbs Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1951. Their indictment and convictions resulted…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Stirone v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
  2. United States v. Maldonado-RiveraCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1990
  3. United States v. PersicoCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1987
  4. United States v. Leona M. Helmsley, Joseph v. Licari and Frank J. Turco, Leona M. HelmsleyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1991
  5. United States v. Solomon WeissCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1985

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3Cited by59 opinions

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  3. United States v. Earl WalkerCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2018
  4. United States v. CainCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2012
  5. United States v. Luiz Ben Zvi and Roz Ben ZviCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1999

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