Legal Opinion
United States v. Thomas B. Middlemiss, William Orfanos and Setiri Sotiriou
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 21, 2000No. 1999PublishedCited by 83 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POOLER, Circuit Judge:
Defendants Thomas B. Middlemiss, William Orfanos and Setiri Sotiriou appeal respectively from two February 2, 1999, judgments and a February 19, 1999, judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Sidney H. Stein, J.) following their convictions after a jury trial on multiple conspiracy, extortion, mail fraud and tax-related charges.
BACKGROUND
A 22-count superseding indictment filed on March 17, 1998, charged defendants with a lengthy extortion scheme victimizing George Lagaris. According to the government, Lagaris, who operated…
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