UNITED STATES v. ADDONIZIO

Nos. 19295, 19391-19393.

451 F.2d 49 (1971)

UNITED STATES of America v. Hugh J. ADDONIZIO, Appellant in No. 19391, et al. Appeal of Ralph VICARO in No. 19295. Appeal of Anthony P. LA MORTE, Appellant in No. 19392. Appeal of Joseph BIANCONE, Appellant in No. 19393.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided September 16, 1971.

As Amended September 24, 1971 and January 6, 1972.

Certiorari Denied February 22, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick M. Wall, New York City, for Ralph Vicaro.

Bernard Hellring, Hellring, Lindeman & Landau, Newark, N. J. (Michael Edelson, Paterson, N. J., on the brief), for Hugh J. Addonizio and others.

Peter S. Valentine, Glickman & Valentine, Newark, N. J (Julius A. Feinberg, Bloomfield, N. J., on the brief), for Anthony P. La Morte.

Thomas R. Dyson, Jr., Washington, D.C., for Joseph Biancone.

Herbert J. Stern, U.S. Atty, Newark, N. J. (Garrett E. Brown, Jr., John W. Bissell, William Braniff, Asst. U.S. Attys., and Donald W. Merkelbach, Special Asst. U.S. Atty., Frederick B. Lacey, U.S. Atty., Newark, N. J., on the brief), for appellee.

Before FREEDMAN, SEITZ and ROSENN, Circuit Judges.


Certiorari Denied February 22, 1972. See 92 S.Ct. 949.

OPINION OF THE COURT

ROSENN, Circuit Judge.

Appellants, along with eleven others,1 were named as defendants in an indictment containing one count charging a conspiracy to interfere with interstate commerce by means of extortion, and sixty-five counts charging substantive acts of extortion pursuant to the conspiracy, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1951 (the Hobbs...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases