UNITED STATES v. ACCETTURO

Nos. 85-5670, 85-5680, 85-5681 and 85-5682.

783 F.2d 382 (1986)

UNITED STATES of America, v. ACCETTURO, Anthony, Taccetta, Michael, Perna, Michael, Ricciardi, Thomas. Appeal of Anthony ACCETTURO, in No. 85-5670. Appeal of Michael TACCETTA, in No. 85-5680. Appeal of Michael PERNA, in No. 85-5681. Appeal of Thomas RICCIARDI, in No. 85-5682.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided February 14, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas W. Greelish, U.S. Atty., D. of N.J., Michael A. Guadagno, Acting Atty. in Charge, Barbara Miller (argued), Sp. Atty., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Organized Crime Strike Force, Newark, N.J., for appellee.

Milton M. Ferrell, Jr. (argued), Miami, Fla., for appellant Anthony Accetturo.

Michael Critchley (argued), Critchley & Roche, Alan L. Zegas, West Orange, N.J., for appellant Michael Taccetta.

Raymond M. Brown (argued), Brown & Brown, P.A., Alan Dexter Bowman, Alan Dexter Bowman, P.A., Newark, N.J., for appellant Michael Perna.

Harvey Weissbard (argued), Weissbard & Wiewiorka, West Orange, N.J., for appellant Thomas Ricciardi.

Before WEIS, SLOVITER and STAPLETON, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

STAPLETON, Circuit Judge:

Appellants are the subjects of an indictment returned by a federal grand jury on August 19, 1985, charging them and 22 others with conspiring to violate the Racketeering Influence and Corrupt Organizations Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1962(d), and with conducting a racketeering enterprise in violation of section 1962(c) of that Act. On August 21, appellant Anthony Accetturo appeared before a United States Magistrate...

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