UNITED STATES v. MUSTO

Crim. No. 81-144.

540 F.Supp. 318 (1982)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. William V. MUSTO, Frank Scarafile, John J. Powers, Thomas Principe, Lawrence Dentico, Dominick D'Agostino, Gildo Aimone, Anthony Genovese and John Bertoli, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. New Jersey.

As Amended May 12, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Hunt Dumont, U. S. Atty. by Maryanne T. Desmond, First Asst. U. S. Atty., Samuel Rosenthal, James Plaisted, Mark Malone, Richard Friedman, Asst. U. S. Attys., Newark, N. J., for plaintiff.

Irving Anolik, New York City, for defendant William V. Musto.

Dennis McAlevy, Hoboken, N. J., for defendant Frank Scarafile.

Shain, Hayden, Perle, Rafanello, Schaffer & Irish by Joseph Hayden, Newark, N. J., for defendant John J. Powers.

Thomas Ford, Millburn, N. J., for defendant Lawrence Dentico.

Podvey & Sachs by Alan Silber, Newark, N. J., for defendant Dominick D'Agostino.

Sills, Beck, Cummis, Radin & Tischman by Robert Baime, Newark, N. J., for defendant Gildo Aimone.

Flood & Basile by Raymond Flood, Hackensack, N. J., for defendant Anthony Genovese.

Robinson, Wayne & Greenberg by Jack Arseneault, Newark, N. J., for defendant John Bertoli.

Lowenstein, Sandler, Brochin, Kohl, Fisher & Boylan by Theodore Wells, Roseland, N. J., of counsel for defendants Musto, Powers, Scarafile and Genovese.

Kunstler & Mason by William M. Kunstler, New York City, of counsel for defendants Dentico and D'Agostino.


SAROKIN, District Judge.

Defendants, alleging that various errors were committed at trial with respect to the jury's deliberations and verdict, seek a judgment of acquittal or a new trial, and hearings of one or more jurors.

The trial of this matter lasted approximately five months. The complex, 46-count indictment, charged defendants with conspiracy to violate the RICO statute, tax fraud, mail fraud, and wire fraud. Throughout the trial, and despite the unanticipated...

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