UNITED STATES v. DICKENS

Nos. 82-5063 to 82-5079.

695 F.2d 765 (1982)

UNITED STATES of America v. DICKENS, Albert, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America v. PITTMAN, Fred, Jr., Appellant. UNITED STATES of America v. WASHINGTON, James, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America v. PERSONS, Lonnie, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America v. UPSHAW, Dewey, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America v. COOPER, Robert, Robert Cooper, a/k/a Mubarak Rai Ali, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America v. MONROE, Keith, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America v. CONERLY, Alvin, Alvin Conerly, also known as Hijr, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America v. LAWSON, Willie Lee, Willie Lee Lawson, a/k/a Acqueel, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America v. GREY, Claude, Ahmed Muhammad, a/k/a Claude Grey, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America v. SKINNER, Raymond, Raymond Skinner, also known as Rafeeq, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America v. THOMPSON, Walton Earl, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America v. CLARK, James, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America v. BRUNSON, James, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America v. KREPS, Sheldon, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America v. MOSES, Rosco, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America v. DICKENS, Ronald, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided December 15, 1982.

As Amended January 27, 1983.

Certiorari Denied April 18, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theodore V. Wells, Jr. (argued), Lowenstein Sandler Brochin Kohl, Fisher & Boylan, Roseland, N.J., for appellant Albert Dickens; Lance Cassak, Deanne Plank, Roseland, N.J., on brief.

Daniel A. Williamson, Thomas & Williamson, P.C., Elizabeth, N.J., for appellant Fred Pittman, Jr.

Albert S. Pannullo, Bloomfield, N.J., for appellant James Washington.

Sandra D. Helbig, West Orange, N.J., for appellant Lonnie Persons.

William C. Brummell, Brantley & Brummell, East Orange, N.J., for appellant Dewey Upshaw.

Louis L. D'Arminio, Breslin, Herten & Le Pore, Hackensack, N.J., for appellant Robert Cooper, a/k/a Mubarak Rai Ali.

Peter S. Valentine, Schutzman & Valentine, Irvington, N.J., for appellant Keith Monroe.

Peter R. Sarasohn, Ravin & Kesselhaut, West Orange, N.J., for appellant Alvin Conerly, also known as Hijr.

Craig V. O'Connor (argued), O'Connor & Blauvelt, Morristown, N.J., for appellant Willie Lee Lawson, a/k/a Acqueel.

Melvin D. Lusane, Newark, N.J., for appellant Ahmed Muhammad, a/k/a Claude Grey.

James Jude Plaia, Montclair, N.J., for appellant Raymond Skinner, also known as Rafeeq.

John P. McDonald, McDonald & Rogers, Somerville, N.J., for appellant Walton Earl Thompson.

James J. McDonald, Bannon, Rawding, Nutly & McDonald, Verona, N.J., for appellant James Clark.

Jill S. Slattery (argued), Nardino & Slattery, Montclair, N.J., for appellant James Brunson.

Anthony Benevento, Fontanella & Benevento, Totowa, N.J., for appellant Sheldon Kreps.

Stephen J. Edelstein, Craig & Edelstein, P.A., West Caldwell, N.J., for appellant Rosco Moses.

Steven Menaker, Miller & Menaker, Jersey City, N.J., for appellant Ronald Dickens.

Samuel Rosenthal (argued), First Asst. U.S. Atty., Newark, N.J., for appellee.

Before WEIS, BECKER and VAN DUSEN, Circuit Judges.


Certiorari Denied April 18, 1983. See 103 S.Ct. 1792.

OPINION OF THE COURT

VAN DUSEN, Senior Circuit Judge.

In November of 1981 a jury convicted all 17 defendants of numerous violations of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), 18 U.S.C. §§ 1961-1968 (1976 & Supp. IV 1980). In this appeal, defendants challenge their convictions and claim that the Government drafted and prosecuted the indictment in a manner calculated...

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