UNITED STATES v. DiGREGORIO

Nos. 78-1468 to 78-1471.

605 F.2d 1184 (1979)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. Joseph DiGREGORIO, Hermis Yanis, Jr., Ruben Badillo, John Delvecchio, Defendants, Appellants.

United States of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided August 14, 1979.

Certiorari Denied October 29, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harvey Brower, Lawrence, Mass., for appellant Joseph DiGregorio.

Stanley M. Meyer, Brooklyn, N.Y., with whom Meyer, Light & London, Brooklyn, N.Y., was on brief, for appellants, Hermis Yanis, Jr. and Ruben Badillo.

William A. Brown, Boston, Mass., by appointment of the court, for appellant John Delvecchio.

Deborah Watson, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., with whom Edward F. Harrington, U. S. Atty., Martin D. Boudreau, Sp. Atty., Boston, Mass., and Joseph S. Davis, Jr., Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., were on brief, for appellee.

Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, CAMPBELL and BOWNES, Circuit Judges.


Certiorari Denied October 29, 1979. See 100 S.Ct. 287.

COFFIN, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal from convictions for conspiracy and substantive acts in violation of the Hobbs Act. 18 U.S.C.A. § 1951. All four appellants were convicted of conspiracy to obstruct interstate commerce by extortion and of the substantive act of using threats and physical beating pursuant to a plan of extortion. All but appellant Delvecchio were also convicted of obstructing interstate...

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