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U.S. v. BRANDAO

No. 07-1215.

539 F.3d 44 (2008)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Angelo BRANDAO, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided August 21, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gordon W. Spencer with whom Carol Mallory was on brief for appellant.

Michael A. Rotker, Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, with whom Michael J. Sullivan, United States Attorney, and Theodore B. Heinrich, Assistant United States Attorney, were on brief for appellee.

Before LYNCH, Chief Judge, BOUDIN and LIPEZ, Circuit Judges.

LYNCH, Chief Judge.

A decade ago there were a series of shootings and murders involving two warring Cape Verdean youth gangs, Stonehurst and Wendover, in Boston and in Brockton, a neighboring community. Federal prosecutions ensued under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations statute ("RICO"), 18 U.S.C. §§ 1961-68, and the Violent Crimes in Aid of Racketeering statute ("VICAR"), 18 U.S.C. § 1959. See United States v. Nascimento,

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