Paul John Carbo v. United States of America, Joseph Sica v. United States

MERRILL, Circuit Judge.

Appellants in this case have petitioned this court for bail pending their appeals from convictions of offenses under the General Conspiracy Statute, 18 U.S.C. § 371, the Hobbs Anti-Racketeering Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1951, and the Interstate Extortion Communication Statute, 18 U.S.C. § 875(b). Upon these convictions Carbo has been sentenced to twenty-five years’ imprisonment and a ten thousand dollar fine. Sica has been sentenced to twenty years’ imprisonment and a ten thousand dollar fine.

Petition for bail pending appeal has been made to the district court and has been…