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UNITED STATES v. TORTORA

Nos. 496, 642, Dockets 71-2114, 72-1170.

464 F.2d 1202 (1972)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. John TORTORA, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Samuel SANTORO, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided July 24, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen J. Sundvold, Atty. (Henry E. Petersen, Asst. Atty. Gen. and Sidney M. Glazer, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., on the brief), for appellee.

Irving Anolik, New York City, for appellant Tortora.

Irving Anolik, New York City, of counsel to Lanna, Coppola & Rosato, Yonkers, for appellant Santoro.

Before CLARK, Associate Justice, LUMBARD and KAUFMAN, Circuit Judges.

LUMBARD, Circuit Judge:

Samuel Santoro and John Tortora were found guilty after a jury trial in the Southern District on fifteen counts of engaging in loanshark operations in violation of the federal Extortionate Credit Statute, 18 U.S.C. §§ 892-94, and on one count of conspiring so to do.1 We affirm.

Appellants seek reversal of their convictions on several grounds, principal among them being Santoro's claim that his...

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