STATE v. DUCI

Nos. CR 86 0032-PR, CV 860097-PR.

151 Ariz. 263 (1986)

727 P.2d 316

STATE of Arizona, Appellant, v. Edward Francis DUCI, Robert Lewis Amuso, Michael Aaron Zemel, Charles Edward Keenan, Robert Clarance Graham, Helen Elaine Ryan, Carol Aanenson, Vincent Paul Snyder, Appellees. STATE of Arizona, ex rel. Robert K. CORBIN, Attorney General, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Edward Francis DUCI and Alice Duci, his wife; Robert Lewis Amuso aka "Fat Louie" and Joan F. Amuso, his wife; Carol Ann Aanenson; Robert Clarence Graham and Ralphalita Graham, his wife; Charles Edward Keenan; Helen Elaine Ryan and Robert Ryan, her husband; Vincent Paul Snyder aka "Mooney" and Jane Doe Snyder, his wife; Michael Aaron Zemel; One Thousand and Ten Dollars U.S. Currency; Three Hundred Dollars U.S. Currency; and One Lot Gambling Equipment; John/Jane Does 1-20; XYZ Enterprises 1-10; ABC Corporation 1-10, Defendants-Appellees.

Supreme Court of Arizona.

September 30, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert K. Corbin, Atty. Gen. by Robert K. Corbin, Cameron H. Holmes, Asst. Attys. Gen., Thomas E. Collins, Maricopa Co. Atty. by Sandra L. Janzen, Phoenix, for State of Ariz.

Michael J. Dew, Phoenix, for appellees Duci, Amuso, Keenan, Aanenson and Snyder.

David W. Engelman, Phoenix, for appellee Graham.

Ross P. Lee, Maricopa County Public Defender by James H. Kemper, Deputy Public Defender, Phoenix, for appellee Zemel (criminal action only).

Michael Aaron Zemel, pro. per. (civil action).


FELDMAN, Justice.

Appellees, defendants below, allegedly organized at least 45 poker games in Arizona between October 1983 and July 1984. Defendants were indicted criminally under A.R.S. § 13-3307 for engaging in the business of accepting bets or wagers or setting up gambling pools on the "result of any game of skill or chance." A.R.S. § 13-3307(A). In addition, the state filed a civil RICO suit alleging gambling...

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