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UNITED STATES v. DE PERI

Nos. 84-1566, 84-1571, 84-1577 to 84-1579, 84-1594 and 84-1599.

778 F.2d 963 (1985)

UNITED STATES of America v. DE PERI, Joseph. Appeal of Joseph DE PERI. UNITED STATES of America v. MARTIN, James. Appeal of James MARTIN. UNITED STATES of America v. LINSO, Dennis. Appeal of Dennis LINSO. UNITED STATES of America v. MORRELL, George. Appeal of George MORRELL. UNITED STATES of America v. PECIC, Henry. Appeal of Henry PECIC. UNITED STATES of America v. MURPHY, Theodore. Appeal of Theodore MURPHY. UNITED STATES of America v. KATZ, George. Appeal of George KATZ.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided December 6, 1985.

As Amended December 13, 1985.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied January 9, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan I. Schulman (Argued), Spencer M. Wertheimer, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellant, Theodore Murphy.

Timothy J. Savage (Argued), Timothy J. Savage, P.C., Philadelphia, Pa., for appellant, George Katz.

Howard B. Klein (Argued), Asst. U.S. Atty., Chief, Corruption Section, Ronald H. Levine (Argued), Asst. U.S. Atty., Edward S.G. Dennis, Jr., U.S. Atty., Walter S. Batty, Jr., Asst. U.S. Atty., Chief of Appeals, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellee.

Malcolm L. Lazin (Argued), Shaun R. Eisenhauer, Rubin, Quinn and Moss, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellant, Joseph DePeri.

Joseph Fioravante (Argued), William J. Winning, Curran, Winning & Fioravanti, Media, Pa., for appellant, James Martin.

Nino V. Tinari, Nino V. Tinari, P.C., Philadelphia, Pa., for appellant, Dennis Linso.

Joel Harvey Slomsky (Argued), DiGiacomo & Slomsky, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellant, George Morrell.

Joseph N. Bongiovanni, III (Argued), Bongiovanni & Berger, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellant, Henry Pecic.

Before ADAMS, HUNTER, Circuit Judges, and STERN, District Judge.

Rehearing and Rehearing In Banc in Nos. 84-1571, 84-1594, and 84-1599 Denied January 9, 1986.

OPINION OF THE COURT

JAMES HUNTER, III, Circuit Judge.

This case arises from a tragic chapter in the history of the Philadelphia Police Department dealing with conspiracy to extort protection money from video poker machine gambling operations and "numbers writers." In the spring of 1984, the grand jury investigating these activities issued an eighty-six...

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