UNITED STATES v. CURCIO

Crim. No. 12625.

310 F.Supp. 351 (1970)

UNITED STATES of America v. Francis CURCIO and John Mento.

United States District Court, D. Connecticut.

February 24, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Daniel Sagarin, Asst. U. S. Atty., New Haven, Conn., for government.

Jacob D. Zeldes and Elaine S. Amendola, of Goldstein & Peck, Bridgeport, Conn., for defendant Curcio.


TIMBERS, Chief Judge.

Defendant Francis Curcio, together with defendant John Mento, has been charged in a two count indictment with knowingly having used extortionate means to collect an extension of credit and conspiring so to do, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 894 (Supp. IV, 1965-68) and 18 U.S.C. § 2 (1964).

Defendant Curcio's motion to dismiss the indictment raises a number of distinct claims, each of which will be separately discussed.

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