UNITED STATES v. SMALDONE

Nos. 72-1854 thru 72-1863.

485 F.2d 1333 (1973)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee. v. Eugene SMALDONE, aka Checkers, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Eugene Louis SMALDONE, aka Young Gene, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Guy McNULTY, aka Mickey, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Melvin Daniel HANNERS, aka Mel, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Leo Edward LANE, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Dennis Michael VALLEY, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Michael J. VALLEY, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Josef Richard ERNER, aka Rick, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Frank Joseph GARCEO, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Harry Anthony VILLANO, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

Decided October 12, 1973.

Rehearing Denied October 25, 1973.

Rehearing Denied October 26, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Flynn, Phoenix, Ariz. (Flynn, Kimerer, Thinnes & Galbraith and Richard L. Parrish, Phoenix, Ariz., on the brief, for defendants-appellants Eugene Smaldone, Eugene Louis Smaldone and Harry Anthony Villano ; Leland S. Huttner, Denver, Colo., on the brief, for defendant-appellant Melvin Daniel Hanners; Paul E. Vranesic, II, Denver, Colo., on the brief, for defendant-appellant Josef Richard Erner), for defendants-appellants Eugene Smaldone, Eugene Louis Smaldone, Melvin Daniel Hanners, Josef Richard Erner, Leo Edward Lane, and Harry Anthony Villano.

Richard T. Spriggs, Denver, Colo., for defendant-appellant Josef Richard Erner.

H. D. Reed, Denver, Colo., for defendant-appellant Michael J. Valley.

Walter L. Gerash, Denver, Colo. (Gerash & Gerash, and Louis M. Fischer, Denver, Colo., on the brief), for defendant-appellant Dennis Michael Valley.

Leland S. Huttner, Denver, Colo., for defendant-appellant Melvin Daniel Hanners.

Morris W. Sandstead, Jr., Boulder, Colo., for defendants-appellants Guy McNulty and Frank Joseph Garceo.

Richard J. Spelts, Asst. U. S. Atty., Denver, Colo. (James L. Treece, U. S. Atty., and W. Allen Spurgeon, Asst. U. S. Atty., with him on the brief), for plaintiff-appellee.

Before LEWIS, Chief Judge, LARAMORE, Judge, Court of Claims, and McWILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.


Rehearing Denied in No. 73-1857 October 25, 1973.

Rehearing Denied in Nos. 72-1854, 72-1855, 72-1858, 72-1860, 72-1861 and 72-1863 October 26, 1973.

LEWIS, Chief Judge.

This was a criminal prosecution brought on a three-count indictment filed in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado. Counts I and II of the indictment charged fifteen defendants with knowingly and wilfully conducting, financing, managing, supervising and directing...

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