UNITED STATES v. GAGGI

No. SSS 84 Cr. 0063 (KTD).

632 F.Supp. 1019 (1986)

UNITED STATES of America v. Anthony Frank GAGGI, a/k/a "Nino"; Joseph Carmine Testa, Jr., a/k/a "Joey"; Patrick Testa, a/k/a "Patty"; Henry Borelli; Peter La Froscia; Anthony Michael Senter; Ronald Ustica, a/k/a "Ronnie"; Judith May Hellman; Wayne Hellman; Sol Hellman; Paul Dordal, a/k/a "Paulie Pinto"; Richard Mastrangelo, a/k/a "Richie"; Ronald Turekian, a/k/a "Bulldog"; Herman Weisberger, a/k/a "Hymie"; Edward John Rendini, a/k/a "Fast Eddie"; Joseph Guglielmo, a/k/a "Old Man Joe"; Douglas Rega; Pedro Luis Rodriguez, a/k/a "Pedro Paz"; Gus Kalevas; Salvatore Mangialino; Carlo Profeta, a/k/a "Carlos" and "Carmello"; Dennis Testa and Abdullah Mohammad Hassan Hussain, a/k/a "The Arab", Defendants.

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

March 10, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rudolph W. Giuliani, U.S. Atty. for the S.D. of N.Y., New York City (Walter S. Mack, Jr., Mary Lee Warren, Michael Kellogg, Asst. U.S. Attys., of counsel), for the U.S.A.

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

Lipsitz, Green, Fahringer, Roll, Shuller & James, New York City (Herald Price Fahringer, of counsel), for defendant Joseph Testa.

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

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

Benjamin Brafman, New York City, for defendant Anthony Senter.

Hochheiser & Aronson, New York City (Lawrence Hochheiser, of counsel), for defendant Ronald Ustica.

Slotnick & Cutler, New York City (John Jacobs, of counsel), for defendant Richard Mastrangelo.

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

Zerin & Cooper, New York City (Jay M. Zerin, of counsel), for defendant Edward Rendini.


OPINION

KEVIN THOMAS DUFFY, District Judge:

On December 16, 1985, at approximately 5:30 p.m., Paul Castellano and Thomas Bilotti were shot and killed by three assailants while exiting a car in front of Sparks Steak House on 46th Street between Second and Third Avenues. A tremendous amount of publicity immediately followed concerning this incident. Since September 30, 1985, Castellano and nine others had been on trial before me on charges that, inter alia...

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