UNITED STATES v. SANTORO

No. 85 CR 100.

647 F.Supp. 153 (1986)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. Salvatore SANTORO, Paul Vario, Frank Manzo, Henry Bono, Jr., Harry Davidoff, Frank Calise, John Russo, Heino Benthin, Pasquale Raucci, Leone Manzo, and William Barone, Defendants.

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

Parts 3, 4 & 5 June 18, 1986.

Parts 6, 7 & 8 July 10, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond F. Dearie, U.S. Atty., E.D. N.Y., Edward A. McDonald, Atty.-in-Charge, Organized Crime Strike Force, E.D.N.Y., Douglas F. Behm, Sr. Sp. Atty., Strike Force, Brooklyn, N.Y., Norman A. Bloch, Mario DiNatale, Sp. Attys., Strike Force, New York City, for plaintiff.

Samuel H. Dawson, New York City, for Santoro.

Joel Winograd, New York City, for Vario.

Herald Price Fahringer, New York City, for Frank Manzo.

Gustave Newman, New York City, for Bono.

Michael B. Pollack, New York City, for Davidoff.

Schlam, Stone & Dolan, (Peter R. Schlam, of counsel), New York City, for Calise.

Melvin K. Roth, Williston Park, N.Y., for Russo.

Harold H. Seikel, Garden City South, N.Y., for Benthin.

Kenneth J. Weinstein, Garden City, N.Y., for Raucci.

Power, Weiss & Marks (Jonathan Marks, New York City, of counsel), for Leone Manzo.

Joseph Ryan, Mineola, N.Y., for Barone.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

McLAUGHLIN, District Judge.

This case centers on the activities of a group of individuals alleged to constitute an enterprise called the Lucchese Crime Family. Count One of the indictment charges ten of the eleven defendants with violating the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act ("RICO"), 18 U.S.C. §§ 1961(1)(B), (1)(D) and (5), by conspiring to conduct the affairs of that enterprise through a pattern of racketeering...

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