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UNITED STATES v. TURKETTE

Nos. 79-1545, 79-1546.

632 F.2d 896 (1980)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Novia TURKETTE, Jr., Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. John VARGAS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided September 23, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alfred Paul Farese, Everett, Mass., for appellant, Novia Turkette, Jr.

John Wall and Harry C. Mezer, Boston, Mass., with whom Cullen & wall, Boston, Mass., was on brief, for appellant, John Vargas.

William C. Bryson, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Boston, Mass., with whom Edward F. Harrington, U. S. Atty., Martin D. Boudreau, Sp. Atty., Boston, Mass., and Joel M. Gershowitz, Atty., Dept. of Justice, were on brief, for appellee.

Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, BOWNES, Circuit Judge and BOYLE, District Judge.

BOWNES, Circuit Judge.

This appeal raises, for the first time in this circuit, the issue of whether Title IX of the Organized Crime Control Act of 1970, Pub.L. 91-452, 84 Stat. 941, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1961-68 (1970), authorizes the prosecution of individuals for engaging together in a series of criminal acts unrelated in any way to any legitimate business organization. RICO, an acronym for "Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations," was designed to break...

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