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U.S. v. ORETO

Nos. 91-1769, 91-1770 and 91-1771.

37 F.3d 739 (1994)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Frank ORETO, Sr., Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Frank ORETO, Jr., Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Dennis PETROSINO, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided October 4, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles W. Rankin, by Appointment of the Court, with whom Rankin & Sultan, Cornelius H. Kane, Jr. and Charles P. McGinty, Federal Defender Office, Boston, MA, were on consolidated brief, for appellants.

Sean Connelly, Dept. of Justice, with whom Donald K. Stern, U.S. Atty., Ernest S. DiNisco and Todd E. Newhouse, Asst. U.S. Attys., Boston, MA, were on brief, for U.S.

Before TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge, CAMPBELL, Senior Circuit Judge, and BOUDIN, Circuit Judge.

BOUDIN, Circuit Judge.

Frank Oreto, Sr., Frank Oreto, Jr., and Dennis Petrosino ("the appellants") challenge their convictions on a number of charges arising out of an alleged loansharking ring operating in Revere, Massachusetts. We affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

The appellants were charged in June 1987 in an indictment with offenses under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act ("RICO"), 18 U.S.C. § 1962, as well as offenses involving...

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