Legal Opinion
United States v. Thomas Edward Harty, Walter Lesczynski, Paul Dicaro, Michael Gurgone
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 26, 1991No. 89-2641, 89-2642, 89-2671, 89-2672PublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFEY, Circuit Judge.
Thomas Harty, Walter Lesczynski, Paul DiCaro and Michael Gurgone were convicted by a jury for participating in a conspiracy to commit robbery and attempted robbery in violation of the Hobbs Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1951, 1 and the use of a firearm during the commission of a felony in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1) and 18 U.S.C. § 2; 2 they appeal. Michael Gurgone also appeals his seven-year sentence as being excessive and disproportionate to the other defendants. We affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
On November 28, 1983, eight men attempted to burglarize the vault at Balmoral Park Race…
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