Legal Opinion
United States v. Scarfo
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided April 20, 1989No. Crim. A. 88-00003-1-19PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
VAN ANTWERPEN, District Judge.
In the instant matter, a jury convicted defendant Nicodemo Scarfo and sixteen of his associates of various crimes. The indictment under which defendants were found guilty includes seven counts. Counts I and II respectively charge RICO conspiracy and substantive violations, 18 U.S.C. § 1962(c), (d). They identify Scarfo and sixteen other defendants as members of an enterprise known as La Cosa Nostra, the LCN, the Mafia, the mob, this thing of ours, the Bruno family and the Searfo family. The indictment alleges that a succession of bosses ran…
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