Legal Opinion
United States v. De Peri
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided December 6, 1985No. Nos. 84-1566, 84-1571, 84-1577 to 84-1579, 84-1594 and 84-1599PublishedCited by 109 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
JAMES HUNTER, III, Circuit Judge.
This case arises from a tragic chapter in the history of the Philadelphia Police Department dealing with conspiracy to extort protection money from video poker machine gambling operations and “numbers writers.” In the spring of 1984, the grand jury investigating these activities issued an eighty-six count indictment against fifteen police officers, including a Deputy Commissioner and a Chief Inspector. For management purposes, the District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania ordered the severance of the defendants into two…
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