UNITED STATES v. CASTELLANO

No. SSS 84 Cr. 63 (ADS).

610 F.Supp. 1359 (1985)

UNITED STATES of America v. Paul CASTELLANO, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

June 6, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rudolph W. Giuliani, U.S. Atty., S.D. N.Y., New York City, for the U.S.; Walter S. Mack, Jr., Mary Lee Warren, Michael Kellogg, Mark Feldman, New York City, of counsel.

LaRossa, Cooper, Axenfeld, Mitchell & Bergman, New York City, for defendant Paul Castellano; James M. LaRossa, Edward M. Chikofsky, New York City, of counsel.

Michael Rosen, New York City, for defendant Anthony Frank Gaggi.

Herald Price Fahringer, New York City, for defendant Joseph Carmine Testa, Jr.

Gustave H. Newman, New York City, for defendant Patrick Testa; Deborah A. Schwartz, New York City, of counsel.

Robert L. Ellis, New York City, for defendant Henry Borelli.

Joel Winograd, New York City, for defendant Peter LaFroscia.

Jay Goldberg, New York City, for defendant Anthony Michael Senter.

Lawrence Hochheiser, New York City, for defendant Ronald Ustica.

Richard S. Berne, New York City, for defendants Judith May Hellman and Wayne Hellman.

Larry J. Silverman, New York City, for defendant Sol Hellman; Vivian Shevitz, New York City, of counsel.

Jerry L. Tritz, New York City, for defendant Paul Dordal.

Gerald L. Shargel, New York City, for defendant Richard Mastrangelo; Jonathan J. Silbermann, New York City, of counsel.

David S. Greenfield, New York City, for defendant Ronald Turekian.

Leon Port, Brooklyn, N.Y., for defendant Herman Weisberger.

Jay M. Zerin, New York City, for defendant Edward John Rendini.

Irwin Rochman, New York City, for defendant Douglas Rega.

Thomas H. Nooter, New York City, for defendant Pedro Luis Rodriguez.

Clapp & Eisenberg, Newark, N.J., and Evseroff & Sonenshine, Brooklyn, N.Y., for defendant Gus Kalevas; Salvatore T. Alfano, Newark, N.J., of counsel.

Melvin M. Lebetkin, Kew Gardens, N.Y., for defendant Salvatore Mangialino; Joseph W. Ryan, Jr., Kew Gardens, N.Y., of counsel.

Peter Shelley Zeiler, New York City, for defendant Carlo Profeta.


OPINION AND ORDER

SOFAER, District Judge:

The seventy-eight count indictment in this case names twenty-four defendants, twenty-one of whom are before the court and scheduled for trial. Count 1 of the indictment names all the defendants, along with others, and alleges that they participated in a racketeering enterprise of extensive scope and variety. 18 U.S.C. § 1962(c) (1982) ("RICO"). The enterprise alleged is termed a "crew," of which Roy DeMeo acted...

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