UNITED STATES v. MANZELLA

No. 85-3050.

782 F.2d 533 (1986)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Joseph MANZELLA, Jr., Hubert T. Crabtree, Harold Blanchard, Joseph Robert Provenzano, Herbert Thibodaux, Joseph Jimenez, Jr., and Dr. Salvatore Canale, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 13, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel A. McGovern (court appointed), New Orleans, La., for Manzella.

G. Patrick Hand, Jr., New Orleans, La., for Thiboduax.

Wm. J. O'Hara, III, John-Michael Lawrence, New Orleans, La., for Crabtree.

Provino Mosca, Patrick Fanning, New Orleans, La., for Provenzano.

Edward J. Castaing, Jr. (court appointed), New Orleans, La., for Blanchard.

Virginia L. Schlueter, Appellate Federal Public Defender (court appointed), New Orleans, La., for Jimenez.

Ralph Capitelli, New Orleans, La., for Dr. Canale.

Louis M. Fischer, Washington, D.C., Virginia Bitzer, New Orleans, La., for appellee U.S.

Before GEE, and JOHNSON, Circuit Judges and SCHWARTZ, District Judge.


GEE, Circuit Judge:

Today we consider the appeals of seven men convicted of committing various crimes as part of an ongoing criminal operation in Louisiana. For their efforts, most were found guilty of violating, and conspiring to violate, the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), 18 U.S.C. §§ 1961-68. Two of the appellants were convicted under 18 U.S.C. § 1341 for using the United States mail in furtherance of schemes to defraud...

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