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UNITED STATES v. MARTINO

Nos. 78-3611, 78-5260 and 79-2606.

648 F.2d 367 (1981)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Sam C. MARTINO, Joseph C. Russello and Rolando Gonzalez Rodriguez, Defendants-Appellants. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. John Alan HOLT, Rosario Palermo, William H. Brown, a/k/a Bill, John D. Fisher, Robert D. Young, Joseph Macaluso, a/k/a Joe, Frank Scionti, John Nicholas Lostracco, Sam C. Martino, Paul Guarino, Jimmy Farina, Berton B. Chase, a/k/a Bert, Rolando Gonzalez Rodriguez, a/k/a Roland Rodriguez, Joseph D. Lazzara, a/k/a Joe, Joseph C. Russello, a/k/a Joe and Amalia Morgado, Defendants-Appellants. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Sam C. MARTINO, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied September 17, 1981.

Rehearing Granted October 13, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

D. Frank Winkles, Tampa, Fla., for Martino and Lostracco.

Raymond E. LaPorte, Tampa, Fla., for Russello.

Peter N. Macaluso, Tampa, Fla., for Rodriguez.

Gary L. Betz, U.S. Atty., Jacksonville, Fla., Eleanor J. Hill, Sp. Atty., Dept. of Justice, Tampa, Fla., Sara Criscitelli, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for U.S.

Roland A. Rosello (Court-appointed), Tampa, Fla., for Holt.

C. Steven Yerrid (Court-appointed), Tampa, Fla., for Palermo.

Arthur W. Fisher, III (Court-appointed), Tampa, Fla., for Fisher.

Guy E. Labalme (Court-appointed), Tampa, Fla., for Young.

Daniel J. Newman (Court-appointed), Tampa, Fla., for Macaluso.

Sam D. Pendino (Court-appointed), Tampa, Fla., for Scionti.

Gary R. Trombley, Claude H. Tison, Jr., Tampa, Fla., for Martino.

William T. Fussell, Tampa, Fla., for Guarino.

William B. Plowman, Tampa, Fla., for Farina.

Mark J. Kadish, Edward T. M. Garland, Atlanta, Ga., for Chase.

Barry A. Cohen, Richard Pippinger, Tampa, Fla., for Lazzara.

Michael Addison (Court-appointed), Tampa, Fla., for Morgado.

Before TUTTLE, VANCE and POLITZ, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing Denied in Nos. 78-5260 and 79-2606 September 17, 1981.

Rehearing En Banc Granted in No. 78-3611 October 13, 1981.

POLITZ, Circuit Judge:

In the decade following enactment of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), 18 U.S.C. §§ 1961 et seq., prosecutions under that Act have begun to follow the recognizable patterns we noted in United States v. Malatesta, 583 F.2d 748...

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