PEOPLE v. RASTELLI


37 N.Y.2d 240 (1975)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Philip Rastelli, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided June 16, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Joseph Sutter and Gino Papa for appellant.

Henry G. Wenzel, III, District Attorney (Mark D. Zuckerman of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge BREITEL and Judges GABRIELLI, JONES, WACHTLER, FUCHSBERG and COOKE concur.


JASEN, J.

Appellant Philip Rastelli was charged with organizing and financing a criminal usury enterprise in Suffolk County, while his four codefendants and coconspirators, who are not involved in this appeal, committed the substantive crimes. The People's case centered around William Murray, a former bail bondsman who himself was separately charged with larceny, forgery and perjury for acts which were not connected...

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